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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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Schneider Electric confirms breach after hacker claims to have 40GB of stolen data
Schneider Electric has confirmed it suffered a breach after a hacker claimed to have stolen data from the firm’s Jira server. In a statement provided to ITPro, the firm said it was currently looking into an intrusion on one of its project management platforms. “Schneider Electric is investigating a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to one of our internal project…
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Schneider Electric confirms dev platform breach after hacker steals data
Schneider Electric has confirmed a developer platform was breached after a threat actor claimed to steal 40GB of data from the company’s JIRA server. “Schneider Electric is investigating a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to one of our internal project execution tracking platforms which is hosted within an isolated environment,” Schneider Electric told BleepingComputer. “Our Global Incident Response team has…
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Nokia investigates breach after hacker claims to steal source code
Nokia is investigating whether a third-party vendor was breached after a hacker claimed to be selling the company’s stolen source code. “Nokia is aware of reports that an unauthorized actor has alleged to have gained access to certain third-party contractor data and possibly data of Nokia,” the company told BleepingComputer. “Nokia takes this allegation seriously and we are investigating. To…
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