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US State Department Places $10 Million Bounty on North Korean Hacking Groups
US State Department Places $10 Million Bounty on North Korean Hacking Groups
The US State Department offered up to a $10 million bounty in exchange for information on North Korean hacking groups associated with cyber-espionage, ransomware, cryptocurrency theft, and other illegal activities. The agency p...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on July 29, 2022
Unjected Website Exposed All User Data
Unjected Website Exposed All User Data
A security researcher discovered that Unjected, a website promoting meetings between unvaccinated people, exposed the data of all its subscribed users. Unjected has been called “Tinder for anti-vaxxers.” Unjected has been aroun...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on July 29, 2022
City of Newport Loses Employee Data in Breach
City of Newport Loses Employee Data in Breach
The City of Newport, RI notified past and current employees of a potential data breach originating from a six-week-old security incident. On June 9, the city identified what it referred to as “unusual network activity” that cau...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on July 28, 2022
LockBit Hit Italian Tax Agency with Ransomware Attack
LockBit Hit Italian Tax Agency with Ransomware Attack
Italian authorities are investigating claims made by the LockBit ransomware gang that they breached the network of the Italian Internal Revenue Service (L'Agenzia delle Entrate). LockBit claimed that they stole 100 GB of data,...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on July 27, 2022
FBI Seized $500,000 in Crypto Assets from Maui Ransomware Attacks
FBI Seized $500,000 in Crypto Assets from Maui Ransomware Attacks
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last week the seizure of $500,000 worth of Bitcoin tokens last week from members of a North Korean Maui ransomware operation. The confiscated crypto assets were either paid as ransom...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on July 27, 2022
Construction Company Knauf Hit with Ransomware Attack
Construction Company Knauf Hit with Ransomware Attack
Knauf Gips KG, one of the world’s largest producers of building materials and systems, issued an announcement to customers and partners this week after falling victim to a ransomware attack. Knauf is a family-owned company base...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on July 22, 2022
Neopets Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 69 Million Users
Neopets Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 69 Million Users
Neopets, the popular website where users own and care for virtual pets, has fallen victim to a data breach. It has exposed the personal information of 69 million users around the globe. News of the data breach first arose on Tu...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on July 22, 2022
RememBear Password Manager has been Discontinued
RememBear Password Manager has been Discontinued
The popular password manager RememBear has been officially discontinued. The company announced on Tuesday that the service will still be available to download and use for existing users until July 18, 2023, but it will no longer b...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on July 21, 2022
Apple Sued in the US Over Apple Pay
Apple Sued in the US Over Apple Pay
Apple has been hit with a lawsuit in the US over its Apple Pay payment system. The tech company is accused of using its market power in the mobile phone industry to mitigate competition from other payment card issuers. The clas...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on July 20, 2022
NFT Platform PREMINT Hacked, Lost $375,000 Worth of Assets
NFT Platform PREMINT Hacked, Lost $375,000 Worth of Assets
Threat actors have hacked the official website of popular non-fungible token (NFT) platform PREMINT and stole $375,000 worth of assets in one of the biggest NFT heists ever recorded. The hackers injected malicious JavaScript co...
Colin Thierry by Colin Thierry Published on July 19, 2022