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Twitter hacker and crypto scammer sentenced to five years in prison
In May, Joseph James O'Conner plead guilty to a host of cyber crimes, including carrying out a SIM-swapping attack that targeted a TikTok account with millions of followers.
Hackers breach Philadelphia Inquirer ahead of Tuesday’s mayoral primary
This weekend, The Philadelphia Inquirer was hacked ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic mayoral primary. As a result, the newspaper had to cancel its Sunday edition, and it wasn’t clear until late Sunday afternoon that it could proceed with its Monday circulation. It’s the paper’s biggest disruption since 1996, when a blizzard that blanketed much of the eastern US made it impossible for staff to reach their offices. It isn’t yet known who is responsible for the cyberattack or if it was politically motivated.
UK citizen pleads guilty to 2020 Twitter hack and other cybercrimes
Joseph James O'Connor has pleaded guilty to playing a role in various cybercrime activities, including the July 2020 hack that took over hundreds of high-profile Twitter accounts.
News Corp admits hackers had access to its systems for two years
The threat actors who infiltrated News Corp., the company that owns The Wall Street Journal and other news outlets, apparently had access to its network for two full years.
Dutch hacker arrested for trying to sell the personal information of nearly every Austrian citizen
A hacker was arrested in November after trying to sell stolen personal info for nearly everyone registered to live in Austria.
DOJ says it disrupted a major global ransomware group
The US Department of Justice announced Thursday it infiltrated and disrupted the Hive ransomware operation.
T-Mobile data breach compromised 37 million customers' data
The carrier said in a regulatory filing that it discovered the issue on January 5th, but that it believes the bad actors had been taking data from the company since November 25th.
The Guardian says ransomware attack compromised staff's personal data
The Guardian has confirmed that it was the victim of ransomware, and that the attackers accessed staff personal data.
LastPass reveals another security breach
An unauthorized party got into LastPass' cloud service by using information obtained from the security breach it suffered in August this year.
Twitter data leak exposes over 5.4 million accounts
Data for 5.4 million Twitter users obtained from an API vulnerability has been dumped to a hacker form.
The New York Post says racist and sexist posts came from rogue employee (updated)
The New York Post is investigating a hack that filled its site and Twitter account with racist and sexist headlines.
Hackers forced more than a dozen US public airport websites offline
The incident did not affect air traffic control or other critical operations.
Meta sues several app developers for allegedly stealing 1 million WhatsApp accounts
Meta has sued several Chinese companies doing business as "HeyMods," "Highlight Mobi" and "HeyWhatsApp" for stealing over a million accounts.
Binance forced to briefly halt transactions following $100 million blockchain hack
The company's CEO said the issue has been contained and all funds are safe.
Fast Company returns after attack that saw obscene Apple News alerts pushed to readers
The business-focused publication is back after being offline for eight days.
Fast Company hackers sent out obscene push notifications to Apple News users
The bad actors released a database with thousands of employee records.
UK police arrest alleged ‘GTA VI’ hacker
Reports suggest the 17-year-old may also have been responsible for an Uber cybersecurity incident.
American Airlines says hackers obtained some customer and employee data
The company said there's no evidence the information has been misused as yet.
Uber claims hack came from Lapsus$, the group behind Microsoft and T-Mobile attacks
Uber says a recent hack that breached its systems was the work of Lapsus$, which also targeted Microsoft.
Rockstar confirms gigantic 'Grand Theft Auto VI' leak
Rockstar has confirmed that a huge leak of 'Grand Theft Auto VI' content is real.