CyberCrime

AT&T ‘Paid Hacker $300,000’ To Delete Stolen Data

AT&T reportedly pays hacker $300,000 to delete cache of stolen data affecting 'nearly all' its customer base

9 months ago

AT&T Cloud Hack Part Of Ongoing Campaign, Experts Say

Hack of nearly all AT&T customers is part of campaign carried out by criminal gang targeting Snowflake cloud platform, say…

9 months ago

AT&T Admits Data Breach Impacted “Nearly All” Customers

American telecommunications giant AT&T admits that “nearly all” customer accounts were compromised in 2022 breach

9 months ago

Hacker Stole OpenAI Internal Documents – Report

Security breach reportedly occurred at OpenAI last year, with a hacker stealing internal documents, but no source code

9 months ago

Russian Hackers Of London Hospitals Publish Patient Data

Russian cyber criminal gang Qilin, which caused huge disruption to multiple London hospitals, has now published stolen patient data

10 months ago

Biden Administration To Ban US Sales Of Kaspersky Software – Report

Complete ban. United States close to announcing ban of all sales of Kaspersky Lab's antivirus software in America

10 months ago

Microsoft President Grilled By US Lawmakers After China, Russia Hacks

Microsoft's Brad Smith answer questions from US lawmakers about hacks of US governmental systems by China, Russia

10 months ago

CIOs Admit AI Is Investment Priority, Just Ahead Of Security, Cloud

Challenges to enterprise growth ambitions include geopolitical issues, inflation and economic uncertainty, Expereo's IDC report finds

10 months ago

NHS Calls For Blood Donations After Ransomware Attack

NHS calls for O-type blood donations after ransomware attack on supplier Synnovis affects ability to match patients' blood

10 months ago

Russian Hackers Blamed As Ransomware Impacts London Hospitals

Former NCSC boss Ciaran Martin identifies Russian cybercriminals behind a ransomware attack that impacted London hospitals

10 months ago

TikTok Warns Cyberattack Targeted High Profile Accounts

Video app admits small number of high profile users including Paris Hilton and CNN were subjected to a cyberatack

10 months ago

Hackers Offer To Sell Hacked Data On Santander Customers, Staff

Hacking group posts advert to sell customer, staff data allegedly stolen from Santander after bank acknowledges hack in May

10 months ago

Int’l Police Target Botnets In ‘Operation Endgame’

Police in Europe, US target multiple botnets in biggest-ever coordinated cyber action to disrupt 'dropper' infrastructure

10 months ago

Former FTX Executive Ryan Salame Sentenced To Seven Years

Former Bankman-Fried top lieutenant Ryan Salame given longer sentence than prosecutors had asked for over role in FTX collapse

11 months ago

London Woman Jailed For Six Years For Laundering Bitcoin

Jian Wen, 42, jailed for more than six years after police seized more than £3bn of Bitcoin at her luxurious…

11 months ago

Former Cybersecurity Boss Warns UK Not Heeding China Threat

Ciaran Martin, ex-chief executive of the National Cyber Security Centre, explains growing cyber threat posed by China

11 months ago

ICO Warns PSNI It Faces £750k Fine Over Data Breach

Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) says it cannot afford a £750,000 fine from the ICO, over its self-inflicted data…

11 months ago

US Warns Rising Cyberattacks Against Water Supplies

Critical infrastructure. Utility firms in the US are being urged to do more to protect water supplies amid rising cyberattacks

11 months ago

MGM Hackers Launch New Campaign Targeting Financial Sector

Aggressive hackers behind hacks on Las Vegas MGM and Caesars casinos launch new campaign as FBI says it is moving…

11 months ago

Chinese Hack Exposes Ministry Of Defence Payroll Data

Payroll records of nearly all members of the UK's armed forces have been exposed, reportedly to Chinese hackers

11 months ago

Notorious Finnish Hacker Jailed Over Patient Records Hack

Finnish hacker Julius Kivimäki jailed for six years after blackmail attempts on 21,000 patients using stolen psychotherapy records

11 months ago

Russia Accused Of Cyberattack On Germany’s Ruling Party, Defence Firms

German foreign minister warns Russia will face consequences for “absolutely intolerable” cyberattack on ruling party, and German companies

11 months ago

LastPass Separates From Parent After Security Incidents

New chapter for LastPass as it becomes an independent company to focus on cybersecurity, after troubled past

12 months ago

UK AI Security Firm Darktrace Acquired By Private Equity Group

Thoma Bravo agrees to acquire Darktrace for $5.32 billion in cash, delivering some welcome news for founding investor Dr Mike…

12 months ago

Russia Already Meddling In US Election, Microsoft Warns

Microsoft warns of Russian influence campaigns have begun targetting upcoming US election, albeit at a slower pace than previous operations

12 months ago

Open Source Groups Warn Of Ongoing Attacks

Open source groups warn of sophisticated social engineering attacks targeting JavaScript and other critical projects

12 months ago

Google Sues Alleged Crypto Scammers

Google sues two alleged scammers who uploaded 87 different fraudulent apps to Play Store to support romance fraud

1 year ago

Microsoft Singled Out In Review Of Chinese Hack Of US Government Emails

Cyber Safety Review Board concludes Chinese hack of top US government officials' emails was preventable, and blames Microsoft

1 year ago

New Zealand Joins US, UK, Netherlands Alleging Chinese Cyber Espionage

Five eyes member New Zealand joins with the US and UK alleging it was targeted by China-backed cyberespionage

1 year ago

Dutch PM Raises Cyber Espionage Case With China’s Xi

Beijing visit sees Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte discuss cyber espionage incident with Chinese President Xi Jinping

1 year ago