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A ransomware attack has shut down Baltimore County public schools
The city's government was affected by a similar attack last year.
FX and Hulu are airing a documentary on the teenage Twitter hacker
This is season one, episode five of The New York Times Presents documentary series.
'Watch Dogs: Legion,' a game about hacking, may be victim of a hack
Hackers claim to have leaked the source code for 'Watch Dogs: Legion' after threatening to share it.
Barnes & Noble confirms hack exposed customer details
Barnes and Noble says payment information was not compromised, but your purchase history could have been.
Former Uber security chief charged with covering up 2016 hack
The hack exposed the email addresses and phone numbers of 57 million Uber drivers and customers.
World's biggest cruise line company hit by ransomware attack
The world’s largest cruise operator Carnival has revealed that it suffered a ransomware attack and security breach that could affect customer and employee data.
YouTube will remove videos that encourage election meddling
It'll also yank ones containing hacked information that could interfere with elections.
Hackers defaced dozens of Reddit communities with pro-Trump messages
Hackers defaced numerous Reddit communities with pro-Trump messages, possibly through mod accounts.
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Garmin reportedly paid millions to resolve its recent ransomware attack
The company is said to have made the payment through a third party.
Alleged Twitter hacker was previously caught stealing a fortune in Bitcoin
The teenage "mastermind" behind last month's Twitter hack reportedly stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of Bitcoin last year.
Malware writer pleads guilty to helping $568 million cybercrime ring
A malware creator linked to the $568 million Infraud cybercrime ring has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges.
Garmin confirms a cyber attack took its systems offline
Garmin is finally giving its users more information about the system outage the company has been dealing with since the morning of July 23rd. The company has just confirmed earlier reports that it was the victim of an external cyber attack that encrypted some of the company’s systems. Crucially, Garmin says it has “no evidence” that any customer data, including payment information stored in Garmin Pay, was accessed by the perpetrators.
Twitter's Bitcoin hackers had almost limitless access
Imagine getting the keys to the Twitter kingdom -- access to all the account admin panels in the world. What would you do? If you're any kind of seasoned attacker, you wouldn't blow your own cover by tweeting from the world's biggest accounts -- for a bitcoin scam.
Everything we know about the Twitter Bitcoin hack
Early in the afternoon (Eastern time) on July 15th, a hacker -- or hackers -- gained control of a series of Twitter accounts owned by Bitcoin enthusiasts, executives and exchanges. Upon gaining control of those accounts, the hackers tweeted messages to those accounts' audiences claiming that they would be "giving 5000 BTC back to the community" and directing users to cryptoforhealth.com. People who visited the now-defunct website were told that if they sent Bitcoin to a specified address, they would receive double the amount in return, plus a bonus if contributions exceeded a certain threshold.
It won't be easy to hide the Bitcoin stolen through Twitter
Someone hacked Twitter to run a Bitcoin double-your-money scam. Here's how hard it'll be to clean that cash.
Russian behind elite cybercrime forum sentenced to 9 years in prison
The US has sentenced a Russian hacker behind a giant cybercrime forum to 9 years in prison.
DOJ accuses WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of recruiting hackers
The Justice Department has filed updated charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that accuse him of recruiting hackers from Anonymous and beyond.
Intel's Tiger Lake processors will feature on-chip malware protections
Intel has a new way to defend against malware threats.
Facebook paid for a tool to hack its own user, then handed it to the FBI
According to Motherboard, Facebook paid a security firm to develop a hack that the FBI eventually used to bring down a serial child abuser.