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Three men charged in connection with the Trump campaign hack
Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri and Yasar Balaghi face charges in the US in connection with the hacking of President Trump's presidential campaign.
Danny Gallagher09.27.2024Police arrest a teenage boy in connection with the MGM Resorts ransomware attack
Police in the UK arrested a 17-year-old teenage boy in connection with the 2023 ransomware attacks on MGM Resorts.
Danny Gallagher07.19.2024Ticketmaster hack could affect 560 million users
Ticketmaster's latest cyber attack risks the data of 560 million users.
Sarah Fielding06.03.2024The Flipper Zero digital multi-tool can now play games, complete with hand-tracking
The Flipper Zero digital multi-tool already has tons of uses, from hacking to controlling home systems. Now it can even play games, thanks to a partnership with Raspberry Pi.
Lawrence Bonk02.13.2024Teen GTA 6 hacker sentenced to an indefinite hospitalization after mental health assessment
A London judge has sentenced the teenage hacker who infiltrated Rockstar Games, leaking Grand Theft Auto VI footage, to an indefinite hospitalization. The 18-year-old, Arion Kurtaj, breached Rockstar’s servers from a Travelodge hotel while under police custody, using only an Amazon Fire TV Stick, smartphone, keyboard and mouse.
Will Shanklin12.21.202323andMe hack now estimated to affect over half of customers
A hack that affected 23andMe back in October is estimated to have exposed significantly more profiles than previously reported.
Malak Saleh12.05.2023Hackers use a new SEC rule to snitch on the company they infiltrated
A hacking group deployed a surprising tactic after infiltrating a financial software company’s network. They reported the breach to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Will Shanklin11.16.202323andMe user data breached in credential-stuffing attack
23andMe user data is circulating on hacker forums. The company confirmed the leak occurred through a credential-stuffing attack, according to BleepingComputer.
Malak Saleh10.07.2023America's original hacking supergroup creates a free framework to improve app security
Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc), a hacking group known for its activist endeavors, built an open source tool for developers to build secure apps. Veilid, launched at DEF CON on Friday, has options like letting users opt out of data collection and online tracking as a part of the group’s mission to fight against the commercialization of the internet.
Katie Malone08.11.2023Portions of Twitter's source code were reportedly leaked online
Court filings reveal that portions of Twitter's source code — the base programming that makes the site run — have been reportedly leaked online.
Andrew Tarantola03.26.2023North Korean hackers used an IE vulnerability to target South Koreans after Halloween tragedy
According to Google, North Korea’s APT37 state-sponsored hacking group took advantage of a previously unknown Internet Explorer vulnerability to target South Koreans following the Itaewon Halloween tragedy.
Igor Bonifacic12.07.2022Okta says Lapsus$ breach affected only two customers
Following a breach of its systems in January, Okta has released a forensic report finding that the threat group Lapsus$ accessed just two active customers.
Steve Dent04.20.2022UK police charge two teens in connection with Lapsus$ hacking group case
After arresting seven alleged members of the hacking group Lapsus$ last week, London police have charged two of them with multiple computer crimes.
Steve Dent04.01.2022Google says it thwarted North Korean cyberattacks in early 2022
Google's Threat Analysis Group announced on Thursday that it had discovered a pair of North Korean hacking teams that were targeting US media, IT, crypto and fintech firms in February.
Andrew Tarantola03.24.2022Microsoft and Okta are investigating potential attacks by the Lapsus$ hacking group
Attackers reportedly obtained source code for Bing, Bing Maps and Cortana.
Kris Holt03.22.2022Bowser sentenced to 40-month prison sentence for video game crimes
A US federal court has sentenced Canadian hacker Doug Bowser to 40 months in prison for his involvement in Switch hacking group Team Xecuter.
Igor Bonifacic02.10.2022Researchers call NSO zero-click iPhone exploit 'incredible and terrifying'
Google researchers have described NSO Group's zero-click exploit used to hack Apple devices as 'incredible and terrifying.'
Steve Dent12.16.2021Someone is hacking receipt printers with 'antiwork' messages
Hackers are attacking business receipt printers to insert pro-labor messages.
Steve Dent12.03.2021BloodyStealer trojan targets Steam, GOG and Epic accounts
A new trojan called BloodyStealer is targeting gamer's accounts on EA Origin, Steam, Epic Games, GOG and other services, according to Kaspersky.
Steve Dent09.28.2021Hacker targets 'Apex Legends' in plea to fix 'Titanfall' hacking
Respawn was forced to release an 'Apex Legends' matchmaking patch after the game was hacked to raise awareness over the unplayable state of 'Titanfall.'
Saqib Shah07.05.2021