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DOJ confirms arrested US Army soldier is linked to AT&T and Verizon hacks

The alleged hacker claimed to have access to huge amounts of call records, including VP Kamala Harris and President Trum...
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Malware stole internal PowerSchool passwords from engineer’s hacked computer

The theft of a PowerSchool engineer's passwords prior to the breach raises further doubts about the company's security p...
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UnitedHealth hid its Change Healthcare data breach notice for months

The ransomware attack on Change Healthcare affected over 100 million Americans, the health giant told regulators. © 2024...
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A breach of a data broker’s trove of location data threatens the privacy of millions

The company confirmed the breach after a hacker posted millions of location data records online. © 2024 TechCrunch. All ...
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China hacked US Treasury’s CFIUS, which reviews foreign investments for national security risks

The hackers targeting the Treasury are dubbed Silk Typhoon, and previously mass-hacked thousands of corporate email serv...
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Ukrainian hackers take credit for hacking Russian ISP that wiped out servers and caused internet outages

The Russian ISP blamed the Ukrainian hackers for causing a "complete failure" across its internet infrastructure. © 2024...
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EU court fines European Commission for breaching its own data privacy laws

The EU court said the bloc's executive authority violated a citizen's rights by transferring some of his personal data t...
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Telegram reports spike in sharing user data with law enforcement

The messaging app handed over user data on thousands of Telegram users to U.S. authorities over 2024, the data reveals. ...
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Washington sues T-Mobile over 2021 data breach that spilled 79 million customer records

The 2021 breach affected at least 2 million Washington state residents, and tens of millions more customers around the U...
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CISA says ‘no indication’ of wider government hack beyond Treasury

U.S. Treasury officials confirmed a cyberattack on its systems in early December 2024. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights res...
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Online gift card store exposed hundreds of thousands of people’s identity documents

The gift card store secured the public cloud storage server containing customer ID documents, which was not protected wi...
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US Treasury says China accessed government documents in ‘major’ cyberattack

Treasury officials attributed the December theft of unclassified documents to China. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reser...
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Volkswagen leak exposed precise location data on thousands of vehicles across Europe for months

The data was found exposed on an Amazon cloud server, and contained precise location data on thousands of vehicles. © 20...
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Cyberhaven says it was hacked to publish a malicious update to its Chrome extension

The data-loss startup says it was targeted as part of a "wider campaign to target Chrome extension developers." © 2024 T...
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These were the badly handled data breaches of 2024

Blaming victims, months of silence, and suing security researchers all featured in cybersecurity in 2024. © 2024 TechCru...
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Home for the holidays? Share this top cybersecurity advice with friends and family

Sharing security advice can go a long way in protecting your loved ones from the most common and damaging online threats...
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Clop ransomware gang takes credit for latest mass hack that breached dozens of companies

The prolific ransomware gang says it hacked at least 66 companies by exploiting a bug in tools made by Cleo Software. © ...
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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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