News Around the Globe
By Zilber A Miami jury has ordered Tesla to pay $243 million over a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash in Florida after a hacker sipping on a Venti-size hot chocolate at …
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By Elisa A sweeping cyberespionage operation targeting Microsoft server software compromised about 100 different organizations as of the weekend, one of the researchers who helped uncover the campaign said. Microsoft …
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By Gibbon A shadowy crew of international cyberhackers known as “Scattered Spider” are now believed to be targeting the airline industry, the FBI warned in a new alert. The mysterious …
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By Elisa A major cryptocurrency exchange says it was the victim of a sophisticated hack that stole about $1.5 billion worth of digital currency, marking one of the biggest online …
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By Elisa T-Mobile’s network was among the systems hacked in a damaging Chinese cyber-espionage operation that gained entry into multiple US and international telecommunications companies, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday citing people familiar with …
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By Elisa A New York technology entrepreneur was sentenced to five years in prison on Thursday after pleading guilty last year to laundering funds stolen from Bitfinex, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, …
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By Elisa Streaming service provider Roku said Friday it identified a second cyberattack that impacted about 576,000 additional accounts while investigating a breach that affected 15,000 user accounts earlier this year. The …
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By Elisa China’s biggest lender, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, has paid a ransom to cybercriminals who hacked the bank last week, a representative of the Lockbit ransomware …
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By Elisa A Russian businessman with ties to the Kremlin was sentenced on Thursday to nine years in a US prison after being convicted of participating in a $93 million insider-trading …
Read More By Elisa Hackers have stolen around $100 million worth of cryptocurrency from a Binance-linked blockchain, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said in a tweet on Friday. Zhao said the tokens were …
Read More By Elisa The US on Monday imposed sanctions on virtual currency mixer Tornado Cash, accusing it of helping hackers, including from North Korea, to launder proceeds from their cyber crimes. A senior …
Read More By Wayt Hackers from China, Iran and Turkey are using new tactics including posing as Twitter employees and journalists in their latest attempts to breach victims’ devices, according to a …
Read More By Elisa US crypto firm Harmony said that thieves stole around $100 million worth of digital coins from one of its key products, the latest in a string of cyber …
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By Elisa McDonald’s said Friday that a data breach in South Korea and Taiwan has exposed some customer and employee information, making it the latest global company to be targeted …
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By Feuer The CEO of Colonial Pipeline claims he ignored FBI guidance and forked over a $4.4 million ransom to the hacking group DarkSide because “it was the right thing …
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By Manskar A hacker appears to be selling a giant stash of LinkedIn user data that was scraped from the networking website and other places, according to the company and …
Read More By Manskar The feds have filed criminal charges against a prolific Swiss hacker who took credit for breaking into more than 150,000 security cameras run by a Silicon Valley startup. …
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By Manskar A cybercriminal created a bot that sold access to millions of Facebook users’ cellphone numbers through the Telegram messaging app, a new report says. The bot pulled the info …
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By Vega More than a thousand Twitter employees had access to the tools that allowed hackers to gain access to the accounts of Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and …
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By Keil J. A software wiz discovered a “high-severity” bug that put users’ data at risk, but the company fixed it before anyone’s personal information could be “exposed.” The vulnerability, …
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