UK police arrest four people, a 20-year-old woman and three men aged 17 to 19, in connection to the M&S and Co-op hacks that began in mid-April and caused havoc
Dunno, not making a particular point, other than that I've been around for ages. Don't cause havoc kids, at least not in these kinds of ways. [embedded post] Eric Geller / @ericjgeller.com : British...
SEC filing: T-Mobile says a hacker stole the data of ~37M customers, including names, addresses, and phone numbers, but not passwords, SSNs, or credit cards
here's what to do if you're ever worried that your data was leaked Chris Velazco / Washington Post : Here's what to do if you think you're affected by T-Mobile's latest data breach Lorenzo Franceschi-...
LastPass says hackers stole a backup copy of users' encrypted and unencrypted vault data using cloud storage keys stolen from a LastPass employee in August 2022
If you have a LastPass account you should have received … Camila Foster / Sammy Fans : Samsung fans using LastPass should know, hackers stolen cloud data Fabian A. Scherschel / The Sleepy Fox : A Chri...
Microsoft identifies a destructive malware operation targeting Ukrainian organizations; the malware looks like ransomware but lacks a ransom recovery mechanism
European Union simulated a cyber attack on a fictitious Finnish power company Vilius Petkauskas / cybernews.com : Belarus state hackers suspected behind Ukraine cyberattack Grugq / grugq's domain : Uk...
Facebook's research on teens and mental health is not as conclusive as it appears, relying on teens' self-reported views and a small sample size
With each Facebook crisis, we become savvier … Jean Twenge / The Conversation : Facebook's own internal documents offer a blueprint for making social media safer for teens Maxwell Strachan / VICE : Fa...
Shopify says two “rogue members” of its support teams stole customer data from over 100 merchants; the company is working with the FBI to investigate
Recently, Shopify became aware of an incident involving the data of less than 200 merchants. Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer : Shopify data breach illustrates the danger of insider threats Zack Whittaker...
An obscure Indian firm provided hacking services to help spy on 10K+ email accounts over seven years, in one of the largest spy-for-hire operations ever exposed
New report from @citizenlab uncovering Dark Basin, a hack-for-hire group that has targeted thousands of individuals on six continents. Targets include advocacy groups and journalists, elected and seni...
Researchers: Zoom sometimes uses encryption keys issued by servers in China, uses a flawed encryption method, and hence is not suited to communicate secrets
but it can be fixed Stephen Warwick / iMore : Today on Zoom: ‘Not suited for secrets’, encryption issues and more Mercury News : Zoombombing: FBI warns video calls are getting hijacked Tweets: Glenn F...
Jack Dorsey's Twitter account was hacked on Friday, possibly by a group that calls themselves the Chuckle Squad, which posted a number of racist tweets
and he's the CEO of Twitter John Callaham / Android Authority : Regularly changing your Twitter password is important, as Twitter CEO found out Tweets: @twittercomms : We're aware that @jack was compr...
Amazon emails an unknown number of customers disclosing a “technical error” that exposed emails and names, but provides few other details
but doesn't disclose details Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE : Amazon blames ‘technical issue’ for exposing customer names and email addresses Lauren Feiner / CNBC : Amazon exposed customer names and emai...