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Planet Ice, which operates 14 ice rinks up and down the UK, has revealed that criminal hackers managed to break into its systems and steal the personal details of over 240,000 customers.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Planet Ice hacked! 240,000 skating fans’ details stolen
The Kremlin-backed Gamaredon hacking group is being blamed for an attempted phishing attack against the Latvian Ministry of Defence.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Latvia says Russian hackers tried to phish its Ministry of Defence
GoTo says that hackers stole its customers’ “encrypted backups.” But they also say the hackers stole the decryption keys.
To say the backups were encrypted is a bit like trying to argue that a locked box is locked, if the key to the locked box is st… Continue reading If a locked filing cabinet is stolen along with its key, can you still say it’s locked? GoTo thinks you can
If you’ve purchased trainers from sports fashion retailer JD Sports in the past, your personal details could now be in the hands of hackers.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Hackers steal 10 million customer details from JD Sports
Websites used by the Hive ransomware-as-a-service gang to extort ransoms and leak data stolen from corporate victims have been seized in a joint operation involving police around the world. Continue reading Hive ransomware leak site and decryption keys seized in police sting
A 22-year-old suspected of being “Seyzo”, a member of the ShinyHunters cybercrime gang, has been extradited from Morocco to the United States, where – if convicted – he could face up to 116 years in prison.
The ShinyHunters gang became notorious in … Continue reading ShinyHunters suspect extradited to United States from Morocco, could face 116 years in jail if convicted
What are prisoners getting up to with mobile phones? Why might ransomware no longer be generating as much revenue for cybercriminals? And how on earth did an airline leave the US government’s “No Fly” list accessible for anyone in the world to download… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #306: No Fly lists, cell phones, and the end of ransomware riches?
Imagine you’re an immigrant, who has fled your home country for the United States due to fear of being persecuted and tortured.
What you definitely do not want is the agency handling your asylum request being careless with your personal information … Continue reading After data breach put their lives at risk, US releases 3000 immigrants seeking asylum
The important thing to realise about the most recently-reported data breach at email newsletter service Mailchimp is that it’s not just Mailchimp’s customer data that was put at risk.
Even if you’re not personally a customer of Mailchimp, even if yo… Continue reading FanDuel gamblers warned of phishing threat after data breach at Mailchimp