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iOS 17.3’s Stolen Device Protection will make life harder for iPhone thieves
Apple is adding a new iPhone feature called Stolen Device Protection that limits what thieves can do with a stolen phone and passcode. Created following a report earlier this year about passcode-based thefts, the opt-in feature is included in the iOS 17.3 beta, now available for developers.
Tile thinks a $1 million fine will deter stalkers from using its trackers
Tile is adding a new feature that makes its trackers harder for thieves to detect while floating heavy penalties for anyone using the feature to stalk victims.
Crypto scammer faces 18 months in prison over $22 million SIM attack
A young crypto scammer has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for allegedly helping to steal $22 million in cryptocurrency.
OpenSea faces $1 million lawsuit over stolen Bored Ape NFTs
A man who unknowingly sold his Bored Ape NFT for a pittance is suing OpenSea, claiming it knew about a flaw in its platform.
Over 80 percent of NFTs minted for free on OpenSea are fake, plagiarized or spam
One of the largest online marketplaces for non-fungible tokens is once again the center of controversy.
Canadian police arrest teen for stealing $36.5 million in cryptocurrency
Memories of Gerald Cotten.
Poly Network says it has recovered all $610 million it lost in cryptocurrency heist
One of the most unusual cryptocurrency heists in recent memory has come to a close.
Hackers steal $97 million from Japan's Liquid crypto exchange
Hackers have stolen almost $100 million in cryptocurrency from digital wallets held by Japan's Liquid exchange.
Poly Network offers $500,000 reward to crypto hacker who returned stolen assets
Poly Network has offered the hacker who stole $611 million in crypto from its finance platform a bug bounty reward.
Tesla accuses engineer of stealing crucial company software
Tesla has sued a new engineer for allegedly stealing crucial software it uses to run its business.
Amazon UK is investigating reports of stolen PS5 orders
Since the console came out across the pond on November 19th, there have been numerous reports on Twitter and Reddit of Amazon UK delivery people switching the contents of a PS5 delivery for something else.
AppleCare+ now covers two incidents of accidental damage per year
Replacing an iPhone under theft or loss coverage could be cheaper too.
Security firm details how hackers stole $1.3 million in wire transfers
The thieves targeted high-ranking officials in those companies, including CEOs and CFOs, via phishing attacks.
COVID-19 scammers may have stolen millions from the German government
Fraudsters may have stolen tens of millions of dollars earmarked for German COVID-19 financial aid after a province failed to properly check the identity of applicants, according to Handelsblatt. The cybercriminals used a classic phishing scheme.
A hacker stole and leaked the Xbox Series X graphics source code
AMD has been having a particularly rough few months, apparently. The chip designer has revealed that a hacker stole test files for a "subset" of current and upcoming graphics hardware, some of which had been posted online before they were taken down. While AMD was shy on details, the claimed intruder told TorrentFreak that the material included source code for Navi 10 (think Radeon RX 5700 series), the future Navi 21 and the Arden GPU inside the Xbox Series X.
Justice Department charges Huawei with stealing trade secrets, again
The US Justice Department has charged Huawei and two US subsidiaries with racketeering conspiracy and conspiracy to steal trade secrets. A 16-count superseding indictment, filed yesterday in Brooklyn, New York, adds to previous US charges filed against Huawei last January. The indictment names several defendants, including Huawei's Chief Financial Officer Wanzhou Meng, who is already facing fraud accusations and could serve years in prison.
Former NASA engineer thwarts porch pirates again with 'Glitter Bomb 2.0'
YouTuber and former NASA engineer Mark Rober is at it again with the Glitter Bomb 2.0 designed to give porch pirates some stinky karmic justice. After experiencing a package theft last year, Rober decided to exact revenge by creating the original glitter bomb. It looked like a real delivery and was designed to go off when opened by thieves, covering them with glitter and emitting a fart smell, while recording the whole thing. He made another one this year with an even nastier stench, and got an assist from the man who inspired the idea: Home Alone's Macaulay Culkin.
A thief took Facebook hard drives with payroll data from a worker's car
It seems Facebook just couldn't make it through to the end of the year without another privacy-related incident. Only this time around, its own employees are affected. A thief broke into a payroll worker's car and stole hard drives that reportedly contained unencrypted payroll information for around 29,000 current and former US employees.
DOJ charges two Russians with using malware to steal millions
Officials are offering a $5 million reward for information that leads to the capture of Maksim Yakubets of Moscow. Yakubets is one of two Russian nationals charged with cybercrimes that resulted in tens of millions in losses. The $5 million reward is the largest amount offered for a cyber criminal's capture to date.
Thieves took $49 million in Ethereum from a crypto exchange
The string of recent cryptocurrency thefts isn't stopping any time soon. South Korean crypto exchange Upbit has confirmed that 342,000 Etherium coins, worth about $49 million, were transferred from its wallet to an "anonymous wallet" (read: a thief) on November 27th. The exchange quickly suspended all crypto deposits and withdrawals and moved all assets to offline wallets that couldn't be attacked. Upbit said it would "immediately" replace the missing Ethereum with its own assets, but that it would take two weeks before deposits and withdrawals would resume -- if you were depending on that virtual money, you might be in trouble.
