IT総合 How to verify a data breach
Over the years TechCrunch has extensively covered data breaches. In fact, some of our most-read stories have come from r...
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IT総合 IT総合 A bug in an Irish government website that exposed COVID-19 vaccination records took two years to publicly disclose
The Irish government fixed a vulnerability two years ago in its national COVID-19 vaccination portal that exposed the va...
IT総合 Four things we learned when US spy chiefs testified to Congress
Cyberattacks, regional conflict, weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, commercial spyware, AI, misinformation, disinfo...
IT総合 As the Change Healthcare outage drags on, fears grow that patient data could spill online
A cyberattack at U.S. health tech giant Change Healthcare has ground much of the U.S. healthcare system to a halt for th...
IT総合 A leaky database spilled 2FA codes for the world’s tech giants
A technology company that routes millions of SMS text messages across the world has secured an exposed database that was...
IT総合 UnitedHealth confirms ransomware gang behind Change Healthcare hack amid ongoing pharmacy outages
U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group has confirmed a ransomware attack on its health tech subsidiary Change He...
IT総合 Anycubic users say their 3D printers were hacked to warn of a security flaw
Anycubic customers are reporting that their 3D printers have been hacked and now display a message warning of an alleged...
IT総合 Ransomware attack blamed for Change Healthcare outage stalling US prescriptions
An ongoing cyberattack at U.S. health tech giant Change Healthcare that sparked outages and disruption to hospitals and ...
IT総合 LoanDepot says about 17 million customers had personal data and Social Security numbers stolen during cyberattack
Almost 17 million LoanDepot customers had sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, stolen in a...
IT総合 UnitedHealth says Change Healthcare hacked by nation state, as pharmacy outages drag on
U.S. health insurance giant UnitedHealth Group said Thursday in a filing with government regulators that its subsidiary ...
IT総合 FTC bans antivirus giant Avast from selling its users’ browsing data to advertisers
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) on Thursday said it will ban the antivirus giant Avast from selling consumers’ ...
IT総合 US health tech giant Change Healthcare hit by cyberattack
U.S. healthcare technology giant Change Healthcare has confirmed a cyberattack on its systems. In a brief statement, the...
IT総合 US sanctions LockBit members after ransomware takedown
The U.S. government has sanctioned two key members of LockBit, the Russian-speaking hacking and extortion gang accused o...
IT総合 US military notifies 20,000 of data breach after cloud email leak
The U.S. Department of Defense is notifying tens of thousands of individuals that their personal information was exposed...
IT総合 Hackers uncover new TheTruthSpy stalkerware victims: Is your Android device compromised?
A consumer-grade spyware operation called TheTruthSpy poses an ongoing security and privacy risk to thousands of people ...
IT総合 ‘World’s biggest casino’ app exposed customers’ personal data
The startup that develops the phone app for casino resort giant WinStar has secured an exposed database that was spillin...
IT総合 Security flaw in a popular smart helmet allowed silent location tracking
The maker of a popular smart ski and bike helmet has fixed a security flaw that allowed the easy real-time location trac...
IT総合 Stalkerware apps PhoneSpector and Highster appear to shut down
The makers of two phone surveillance services appear to have shuttered after the owner agreed to settle state accusation...
IT総合 Apple fixes zero-day bug in Apple Vision Pro that ‘may have been exploited’
A day after reporters published their first hands-on review of Apple’s Vision Pro, the technology giant released i...
IT総合 NSA is buying Americans’ internet browsing records without a warrant
The U.S. National Security Agency is buying vast amounts of commercially available web browsing data on Americans withou...
IT総合 LoanDepot says 16.6 million customers had ‘sensitive personal’ information stolen in cyberattack
About 16.6 million LoanDepot customers had their “sensitive personal” information” stolen in a cyberat...
IT総合 LoanDepot outage drags into second week after ransomware attack
LoanDepot customers say they have been unable to make mortgage payments or access their online accounts following a susp...
IT総合 Vans, Supreme owner VF Corp says hackers stole 35 million customers’ personal data
VF Corp., the parent company of the popular apparel brands Vans, Supreme, and The North Face, said Thursday that hackers...
IT総合 As hacks worsen, SEC turns up the heat on CISOs
Over the past year we’ve seen Uber’s former chief security officer convicted in federal court for mishandlin...
IT総合 A geofence warrant typo cast a location dragnet spanning two miles over San Francisco
Civil liberties advocates have long argued that “geofence” search warrants are unconstitutional for their ab...
IT総合 Fidelity National Financial says hackers stole data on 1.3 million customers
Real estate services giant Fidelity National Financial has confirmed hackers stole data on 1.3 million of its customers ...
IT総合 LoanDepot hit by suspected ransomware attack
Mortgage and loan giant LoanDepot said Monday it is experiencing a cyberattack and that it’s “working dilige...
IT総合 Law firm that handles data breaches was hit by data breach
An international law firm that works with companies affected by security incidents has experienced its own cyberattack t...
IT総合 It’s not all doom and gloom: When cybersecurity gave us hope in 2023
A funny — but true — joke at TechCrunch is that the security desk might as well be called the Department of Bad News, si...
IT総合 Meet the cyber-criminals of 2023
Once again we look back at the past year in cybercrime and those who we lost… to the law. This year was no different to ...