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HPE investigates breach as hacker claims to steal source code
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is investigating claims of a new breach after a threat actor said they stole documents from the company’s developer environments. The company has told BleepingComputer that it hasn’t found any evidence of a security breach, but it is investigating the threat actor’s claims. “HPE became aware on January 16 of claims being made by a group…
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US sanctions Chinese firm, hacker behind telecom and Treasury hacks
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned Yin Kecheng, a Shanghai-based hacker for his role in the recent Treasury breach and a company associated with the Salt Typhoon threat group. “Yin Kecheng has been a cyber actor for over a decade and is affiliated with the People’s Republic of China Ministry of State…
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LockBit developer snared in latest blow for infamous hacker group
A ‘key member’ of the LockBit ransomware collective has been charged by US authorities in the latest development of its ongoing quest to shutter the operation. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) issued a notice on 20 December that Rostislav Panev, a dual Israeli-Russian national, was arrested in Israel and pending extradition for being linked to the infamous hacker group.…
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Salt Typhoon hacker group recorded conversations of ‘very senior’ US political figures
A senior Whitehouse security official has confirmed that Chinese hackers were able to record telephone conversations of “very senior” American political figures. Anne Neuberger, President Biden’s national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology, provided an update to reporters at the Manama Dialogue security conference in Bahrain on the extent of a campaign targeting telcos in the region. The campaign…
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Warning issued after Chinese hacker group breaches telco firms in “dozens of countries”
A senior national security adviser in the Biden Administration has warned that a Chinese state-sponsored hacking group has breached telecommunications firms in “dozens of countries”. Anne Neuberger, President Biden’s deputy national security adviser, said the campaign attributed to the threat actor known as Salt Typhoon is ongoing, and has breached at least eight US telcos, according to reporting in the…
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What It Costs to Hire a Hacker on the Dark Web
The Dark Web is home to illegal and criminal products and services up for sale — and that certainly encompasses the area of cybercrime. From website hacking to DDoS attacks to custom malware to changing school grades, you can buy one of these services from a hacker for hire. But just how much do these types of items cost? In this…
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Bitfinex hacker gets 5 years in prison for 120,000 bitcoin heist
A hacker responsible for stealing 119,754 Bitcoin in a 2016 hack on the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange was sentenced to five years in prison by U.S. authorities. The man, Ilya Lichtenstein, was arrested in February 2022 in Manhattan following a lengthy investigation led by the IRS, HSI, and the FBI, which managed to recover roughly 80% of the stolen cryptocurrency (94,000 Bitcoin)/ At…
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Hacker gets 10 years in prison for extorting US healthcare provider
Robert Purbeck, a 45-year-old man from Idaho, has been sentenced to ten years in prison for hacking at least 19 organizations in the United States, stealing the personal data of more than 132,000 people, and multiple extortion attempts. As showcased in the indictment, prosecutors linked multiple data theft and blackmail incidents to Purbeck (also known online as “Lifelock” and “Studmaster”).…
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The infamous Volt Typhoon hacker group is back
A botnet operated by the Volt Typhoon threat group, used to target critical national infrastructure around the world, has reappeared after being severely disrupted earlier this year, according to a new report. The network of compromised network devices, orchestrated by the Chinese state-affiliated threat collective, consisted of hundreds of US-based small office/home office (SOHO) routers, and was used to attack…
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Amazon confirms employee data compromised amid 2023 MOVEit breach claims – but the hacker behind the leak says a host of other big tech names are also implicated
Amazon has confirmed that a security incident affecting a third-party vendor has exposed employee information. The incident saw data allegedly belonging to employees at a host of major tech firms leaked, with the data believed to have been stolen during the 2023 MOVEit breach. An Amazon spokesperson told TechCrunch its internal systems remain secure, insisting the incident was isolated to…
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