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A prolific Russian hacker who stole data from over a dozen U.S. companies and information about more than 100 million U.S. consumers was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison after admitting involvement in one of the biggest thefts of consumer data from a U.S. financial institution. Andrei Tyurin, 37, was sentenced in Manhattan federal … Read more
During his illustrious military career, he was awarded the Military Cross after one of several tours of duty in Northern Ireland before concluding his service as Chief of the General Staff — the most senior post in the British Army. But Lord Dannatt, who was ennobled in 2011, has just suffered a reminder that civvy … Read more
Chinese Nationals Li Xiaoyu (above), 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 31, allegedly stole ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of trade secrets, intellectual property, and other valuable business information’ in a sophisticated, decade-long scheme The Department of Justice announced Tuesday it has charged two Chinese hackers with trying to steal US COVID-19 research as well as other … Read more
Hacker group Anonymous takes down Atlanta Police site and calls for the arrest of the two cops involved in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks The Atlanta Police Department site temporarily went offline on Sunday morning The hacking group, Anonymous, claimed responsibility on Twitter The group stated that the hacking attack was in response to … Read more
Ukraine authorities bust hacker attempting to sell 773M passwords and usernames in a ‘megabreach’ that compiled years worth of stolen data Ukraine’s security service arrested a hacker called Sanix Sanix was arrested in connection with a database of 773M stolen passwords an usernames A police raid also turned up two terabytes of other stolen data The … Read more
Notorious law firm hacker group ‘REvil’ have shifted their ransom target from President Trump to Madonna as they demand at least $1 million for information on her. The hacker group that breached a celebrity law firm last week released a trove of emails mentioning Trump, and claimed that they will publish much more damaging material … Read more
More than 73 million user records have been stolen from a number of online services and are being sold on the dark web for a total of $18,000. The hacker group, named ‘ShinyHunters’, scraped data from at least 10 companies including Zoosk, Chatbooks and the StarTribune. The online dating app, Zoosk, had the largest breach, … Read more
Hacker who purchased used Tesla console units from eBay says personal data including passwords, call logs, contact information was still retrievable even after full factory reset Tesla console units retain personal information of past owners even after reset Hacker said passwords, call logs, contact info and more are accessible The breach appears to be caused … Read more
Vocal anti-China MP Tom Tugendhat says a ‘pretty sophisticated hacker’ is trying to impersonate him Chair of Foreign Affairs Select Committee says he’s being targeted by a hacker Tom Tugendhat warned followers to be cautious of emails that claim to be him The Kent MP faced backlash from China last week after accusing it of … Read more
Hacker creates a $9,000 ‘keyless repeater’ device that can wirelessly unlock any luxury car by creating an extended bridge connection to the owner’s fob without their knowledge A pseudonymous hacker named ‘EvanConnect’ is selling a car hacking tool Called a keyless repeater, it amplifies the low frequency signal from the car that allows it to communicate … Read more