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The 30-year-old internet backdoor law that came back to bite

China reportedly hacked the wiretap systems required by U.S. internet providers under a 1994 U.S. wiretapping law. © 202...
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The TechCrunch Cyber Glossary

This glossary includes some of the most common terms and expressions we use in our articles, and explanations of how — a...
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Think you need a VPN? Start here.

Not everyone actually needs to use a VPN. This simple guide will help you decide if you need a VPN for your situation. ...
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VPN providers don’t protect your privacy online. Here’s what can.

You probably don't need a VPN. Instead, these free and open-source tools, and other services, can help protect your priv...
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Chipmaker Qualcomm lays off hundreds of workers in San Diego

This is the chipmaker's second round of layoffs over the past year, while the company recorded billions in revenue. © 20...
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Cisco’s second layoff of 2024 affects thousands of employees

Cisco's executives made tens of millions in compensation, while cutting thousands of jobs in two separate rounds of layo...
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U.S. government expands sanctions against spyware maker Intellexa 

This latest round of government sanctions land months after Intellexa's founder Tal Dilian was sanctioned for selling th...
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London’s transit agency drops claim it has ‘no evidence’ of customer data theft after hack

The London transport authority removes a claim that said there was no evidence that customer data was compromised during...
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Thousands of Avis car rental customers had personal data stolen in cyberattack

The car rental giant says personal information, credit card information, and driver's license numbers were stolen in the...
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For security, we have to stop picking up the phone

Today's scams can be as simple as picking up a phone call. To avoid the next fraud, there are good reasons to let your c...
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Transport for London outages drag into weekend after cyberattack

In a brief update ahead of the weekend, the London transport network said it has no evidence yet that customer data was ...
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Halliburton confirms data was stolen in ongoing cyberattack

The oil and fracking giant says it is "working to identify effects" of the ongoing cyberattack on its oil and fracking o...
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Russian government hackers found using exploits made by spyware companies NSO and Intellexa

Google said the findings were an example of how exploits developed by spyware makers can end up in the hands of "dangero...
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Ex-Twitter CISO Lea Kissner appointed as LinkedIn security chief

Kissner previously served as Twitter's chief information security officer, and held senior security and privacy position...
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The U.S. military’s latest psyop? Advertising on Tinder

Tinder removed the U.S. military ads, saying the campaign violated the company's policies. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights...
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Halliburton shuts down systems after cyberattack

A company spokesperson for the oil drilling and fracking giant declined to name the executive overseeing cybersecurity, ...
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FlightAware warns that some customers’ info has been ‘exposed,’ including Social Security numbers

The flight tracking company says the misconfiguration exposed customer names, addresses, and pilot's data, as well as So...
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How the ransomware attack at Change Healthcare went down: A timeline

A hack on UnitedHealth-owned tech giant Change Healthcare likely stands as one of the biggest data breaches of U.S. medi...
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Texas firm says it lost $60M in a bank wire transfer scam

A Texas company says it lost $60 million to a criminal fraud scheme, which the FBI says makes fraudsters billions of dol...
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FBI takes down ransomware gang that hacked dozens of companies

The FBI's takedown of the Radar/Dispossessor ransomware and extortion gang is a rare win in the fight against ransomware...
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The best hacks and security research from Black Hat and Def Con 2024

Here is a look back at the top security research from the annual hacker conferences, Black Hat and Def Con 2024. © 2024 ...
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CSC ServiceWorks reveals 2023 data breach affecting thousands of people

The data breach is the latest security issue to beset CSC ServiceWorks over the past year, after multiple researchers fo...
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Student raised security concerns in Mobile Guardian MDM weeks before cyberattack

This is the second cyberattack targeting the school device management service Mobile Guardian this year. © 2024 TechCrun...
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Security bugs in ransomware leak sites helped save six companies from paying hefty ransoms

The vulnerabilities allowed one security researcher to peek inside the leak sites without having to log in. © 2024 TechC...
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Home security giant ADT says it was hacked

The home security company says attackers accessed databases containing customer home addresses, email addresses, and pho...
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UK data watchdog fines NHS vendor Advanced for security failures prior to LockBit ransomware attack

The ICO issued the provisional fine in "failing to implement appropriate security measures prior to the attack." © 2024 ...
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Cyberattack knocks Mobile Guardian MDM offline and wipes thousands of student devices

Students that use school devices managed by Mobile Guardian have been unable to access their files for days following a ...
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How the theft of 40M UK voter register records was entirely preventable

A scathing rebuke by the U.K. data protection watchdog reveals what led to the compromise of tens of millions of U.K. vo...
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Pharma giant Cencora is alerting millions about its data breach

The pharma giant won't say how many patients were affected by its February data breach. A count by TechCrunch confirms t...
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HealthEquity data breach affects 4.3 million people

HealthEquity said the March data breach included personal information and protected health data on millions of people. ©...
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