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Third member of LockBit ransomware gang has been arrested

LockBit is believed tobe responsible for at least $500 million in ransom payments alone. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights ...
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Ransomware attack on health giant Ascension hits 5.6 million patients

The cyberattack on Ascension ranks as the third-largest healthcare-related breach of 2024. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...
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Tracker firm Hapn spilling names of thousands of GPS tracking customers

A security researcher found customer names and workplace affiliations spilling directly from Hapn's servers. © 2024 Tech...
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Called your doctor after-hours? ConnectOnCall hackers may have stolen your medical data

The hackers stole names, phone numbers, dates of birth and information related to health conditions, treatments and pres...
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UnitedHealthcare’s Optum left an AI chatbot, used by employees to ask questions about claims, exposed to the internet

Optum's AI chatbot was found exposed online at a time when the healthcare giant faces scrutiny for its use of AI to alle...
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Yahoo cybersecurity team sees layoffs, outsourcing of ‘red team,’ under new CTO

Yahoo laid off around 25% of its cybersecurity team, known as The Paranoids, over the last year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All ...
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US government says Chinese hackers are still lurking in American phone networks

U.S. government officials urged Americans to use encrypted messaging apps to avoid having their communications tapped by...
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Business leaders among Pegasus spyware victims, says security firm

The mobile security company said it detected Pegasus spyware attacks on seven iPhone owners, including government offici...
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US says Chinese hackers are still lurking in American phone networks

The China-backed hackers are reportedly still inside the networks of some of America's largest phone and internet compan...
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US agency proposes new rule blocking data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive personal data

The U.S. consumer protection agency said it's closing the loophole to block the "widespread evasion" of federal law by d...
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Russian government confirms rare criminal charges against ransomware hacker

Russian media reports says that the accused hacker is on the FBI's most wanted list. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reser...
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North Korean hackers have stolen billions in crypto by posing as VCs, recruiters and IT workers

Security researchers say North Korean hackers have infiltrated hundreds of organizations with the goal of taking money a...
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T-Mobile says telco hackers had ‘no access’ to customer call and text message logs

The phone giant said hackers did not access the contents or logs of customer phone calls or text messages, during an ind...
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Authorities catch ‘SMS blaster’ gang that drove around Bangkok sending thousands of phishing messages

Thai authorities said the crime gang sent around a million malicious SMS text messages to nearby residents over a three-...
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These alternatives to popular apps can help reclaim your online life from billionaires and surveillance

Not every app or service is trying to monetize your personal data. Here are some of our favorite alternatives to popular...
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Hackers break into Andrew Tate’s online ‘university,’ steal user data and flood chats with emojis

Hackers have breached an online course founded by ostensible influencer and self-described misogynist Andrew Tate, leaki...
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Apple says Mac users targeted in zero-day cyberattacks

Apple said the security update for Macs, iPhones, and iPads is "recommended for all users." © 2024 TechCrunch. All right...
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PSA: You shouldn’t upload your medical images to AI chatbots

Security and privacy advocates have long warned that sensitive medical data can be used to train AI models, and expose p...
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CISA director Jen Easterly to depart agency on January 20

CISA's director will depart the agency after three years at the helm, as part of the "seamless transition" of government...
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T-Mobile says it was hacked, linked to Chinese breaches of telecom networks

This is the ninth known cyberattack to target T-Mobile in recent years, according to an ongoing count by TechCrunch. © 2...
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It’s the Senate’s last chance to pass the PRESS Act

The PRESS Act would protect a journalist's sources, and gained unanimous bipartisan support when passed by the House in ...
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FBI says hackers are sending fraudulent police data requests to tech giants to steal people’s private information

The warning is a rare admission from the FBI about the threat from fake emergency data requests submitted by hackers wit...
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Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division

This is the second layoff at Mozilla this year, the first affecting dozens of staff on the side of the organization that...
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The biggest underestimated security threat of today? Advanced persistent teenagers

These attacks are highly effective, have caused huge data breaches and resulted in huge ransoms paid to make the hackers...
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MoneyGram replaces CEO weeks after massive customer data breach

The CEO's removal comes soon after the company confirmed it had lost an unspecified amount of personal customer informat...
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UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare data breach affects over 100 million people in America

Health insurance giant UnitedHealth blamed a ransomware gang for the data breach that included a substantial proportion ...
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Apple will pay security researchers up to $1 million to hack its private AI cloud

Ahead of the debut of Apple’s private AI cloud next week, dubbed Private Cloud Compute, the technology giant says ...
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Microsoft said it lost weeks of security logs for its customers’ cloud products

Missing logs could make it more difficult to identify unauthorized access to the customers' networks during that two-wee...
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National Public Data, the hacked data broker that lost millions of Social Security numbers and more, files for bankruptcy

The data broker who lost one of the biggest databases of Social Security numbers in a data breach earlier this year, fil...
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MoneyGram says hackers stole customers’ personal information and transaction data

The money transfer giant said hackers also stole some customer Social Security numbers during the September cyberattack....
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