cybersecurity
11/08/2024
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By Arsenio Toledo
South Korea’s privacy watchdog fines Meta $15 million for illegally collecting data from Korean Facebook users
The South Korean Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC), the country’s national data protection government agency, has fined Big Tech company Meta 21.6 billion won ($15.46 million) for illegally collecting sensitive personal information from Korean users on Facebook. This is the latest in a series of fines and penalties the government of South Korea has slapped Facebook’s parent […]
10/31/2024
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By Kevin Hughes
Microsoft says Russian hackers are targeting U.S. officials and defense contractors with phishing campaign
A report from Big Tech company Microsoft warns that Russian hackers are targeting United States government officials, defense workers and other notable individuals through a recent email phishing campaign. According to a blog post from Microsoft Threat Intelligence released on Tuesday, Oct. 29, the hackers have sent “a series of highly targeted spear-phishing emails” to […]
10/03/2024
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By Ava Grace
3 Iranian nationals INDICTED for hacking Trump campaign
Three Iranian nationals have been indicted for hacking into the campaign of former President Donald Trump, stealing emails and documents and then sharing them with the news media, according to U.S. officials and a federal indictment filed in Washington. The suspects, who were identified as members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), allegedly hired […]
09/27/2024
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By Kevin Hughes
Massive DATA LEAK at background check company exposes private information of over 100 million Americans
The private information of almost one-third of the population of the United States has been leaked following a security lapse within a major corporation responsible for conducting background checks. The affected company, MC2 Data, provides background check services. The company collects, organizes and analyzes data from a vast range of public sources, such as criminal records, […]
08/27/2024
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By Ava Grace
Solar panels installed in Europe vulnerable to CYBERATTACKS, ethical hacker reveals
An ethical hacker from the Netherlands has warned that solar panels installed in Europe are vulnerable to cyberattacks from hostile nations. According to Euractiv, the Dutch white hat hacker inadvertently revealed this weakness that could grant control of millions of smart solar panel systems to adversaries. Investigative outlet Follow The Money further disclosed that the […]
08/21/2024
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By Laura Harris
Hackers steal over a million Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information from National Public Data
Background check service National Public Data (NPD) has confirmed that hackers breached its systems and leaked Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information of over a million people. Earlier in August, Christopher Hoffman filed a lawsuit against Jerico Pictures Inc., the company that operates the NPD service, on behalf of the others affected. In the lawsuit, Hoffman […]
08/19/2024
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By Laura Harris
Ransomware gang claims responsibility for recent hacking incident against conservative newspaper The Washington Times
A newly identified ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for hacking conservative media outlet The Washington Times and is now threatening to auction off the stolen data. The group, known as Rhysida, is notorious for its “ransomware as a service” operations, a process by which the group leases its malware to cybercriminals and receives a share of […]
07/23/2024
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By Belle Carter
Musk removes cloud security CrowdStrike from “all systems” of his companies following major IT outage
Billionaire Big Tech mogul Elon Musk recently said on X, formerly Twitter, that he already deleted the CrowdStrike cybersecurity software from all the systems of his companies, including SpaceX, Tesla, X, xAI, The Boring Company and Neuralink. On July 19, an update broke Windows, causing systems to crash and display the blue screen of death. […]
07/08/2024
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By Olivia Cook
The dark side of GEOLOCATION: How our gadgets became silent stalkers with WiFi positioning
In today’s digitally interconnected world, geolocation plays a pivotal role in how people navigate, interact with services and even stay safe. But while there may be benefits to a person’s position being broadcast at all times, there are also some very serious downsides to it. Simply put, geolocation is the process of identifying the exact geographical […]
04/19/2024
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By Richard Brown
Alleged Russian hackers stole email conversations between Microsoft and U.S. federal agencies
United States officials have confirmed that Russian hackers successfully gained access to and pilfered government emails exchanged between Microsoft and federal agencies. Eric Goldstein, a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security‘s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), informed reporters that Microsoft had alerted several federal agencies about the potential breach, indicating that the hackers […]
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