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U.S. says Microsoft Exchange hack caused by China

In the U.S., the Biden administration and Western allies have formally blamed China for a massive hack of Microsoft Exchange email server software and asserted that criminal hackers associated with the Chinese government have carried out ransomware and other illicit cyber operations.

US China Microsoft

·4 years ago

Hacker-for-hire group CostaRicto outsourcing cyber-espionage

A new mercenary hacker group tracked as CostaRicto by BlackBerry researchers is selling its services to entities requiring APT-level hacking expertise in cyber-espionage campaigns

BlackBerry

·5 years ago

Twitter Hack: Twitter experiencing widespread security breach

Twitter is experiencing a widespread security breach, resulting in a number of high profile accounts encouraging their followers to send Bitcoin to an unknown account.

News

·5 years ago

Equifax to pay nearly $700 million to settle data breach lawsuits

Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and others over the 2017 data breach that exposed the private data of nearly 150 million people.

News US

·6 years ago

Citrix and FBI investigating Data Breach of Internal Network

Citrix is cooperating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate a major data breach of the company's internal network, where hackers may have accessed and downloaded business documents, though the full extent is not yet known.

News US

·6 years ago

Facebook security breach update reveals more details

Last month, Facebook revealed that the accounts of nearly 50 million users had been breached in another security incident at the social network. The company has announced Friday further details about the attack that exploited this vulnerability.

News

·7 years ago

Apple says no personal customer data exposed or compromised in Teenager hack

We reported Thursday how an Australian teenager pleaded guilty to hacking into Apple's servers after the company notified authorities of the intrusion. Apple has issued a press statement Friday confirming that no personal customer data was exposed or compromised in the incident.

Apple

·7 years ago

National Lottery Hacked, 10m players warned to change passwords

The National Lottery is advising all 10.5million people with online accounts to change their passwords following a security breach that happened days before tonight's £14million Euromillions draw. Camelot, the lottery operator, said hackers had made attempts to access accounts and that limited information may have been viewed.

News UK

·7 years ago

BlackBerry Mobile website allegedly hacked by Coinhive user

A Coinhive user has allegedly hacked the BlackBerry Mobile website to mine Monero coins before the scam was identified and details published on Reddit.

BlackBerry

·7 years ago

Defendants Responsible for Creating “Mirai” and Clickfraud Botnet attacks plead guilty

Three hackers have pleaded guilty to their role in developing, spreading and using Mirai malware botnet to conduct large-scale Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on some of the Internet’s most popular websites...

US News

·8 years ago

Uber concealed Huge Data Breach and paid Ransom to Hackers

Uber has confirmed that the company concealed a hack in 2016 that affected 57 million customers and drivers, and paid hackers $100,000 (£75,000) to delete the data.

US UK News

·8 years ago

San Francisco sues Equifax over massive data breach

Equifax is being sued by the city of San Francisco. City Attorney Dennis Herrera has filed a lawsuit in San Francisco Superior Court for “failing to protect the personal data of more than 15 million Californians,”.

News US

·8 years ago

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