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Bhushan Akolkar reports: Although the cryptocurrency markets have progressed significantly bridge attacks and hacks continue to plague the market due to bad players. In a concerning development, Orbit Bridge, a prominent cross-chain bridge protocol, ha… Continue reading Orbit Chain’s Bridge Hacked for $81.5 Million in a Major Security Breach
Iran Intl reports: Anonymous hackers are selling 160 million customer information records cobbled together from 23 Iranian insurance companies for approximately $75,000. The Iranian Leakage Tracking System (Leakfa) has confirmed the validity of the hac… Continue reading Troves Of Iranian Hacked Insurance Customer Data On Sale
Zack Whittaker reports: National Amusements, the cinema chain and corporate parent giant of media giants Paramount and CBS, has confirmed it experienced a data breach in which hackers stole the personal information of tens of thousands of people. The p… Continue reading CBS, Paramount owner National Amusements says it was hacked
Bobby Anhalt reports: Users who downloaded the Marvel’s Wolverine leaked play build reportedly received DMCAs from their internet service providers. Insomniac Games is the most recent high-profile casualty of malicious ransomware attacks in the g… Continue reading A Lump of Coal: Users Report Getting DMCA Notices After Downloading Leaked Wolverine Build
Lawrence Abrams reports: Mint Mobile has disclosed a new data breach that exposed the personal information of its customers, including data that can be used to perform SIM swap attacks. Mint is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) owned by T-Mobile… Continue reading Mint Mobile discloses new data breach exposing customer data
Daryna Antoniuk reports: Kazakhstan will reportedly extradite a prominent Russian cybersecurity expert to Moscow after refusing to send him to the U.S. Nikita Kislitsin, who was detained in Kazakhstan earlier in June at the request of the U.S., will fa… Continue reading Kazakhstan to extradite Russian cyber expert to Moscow despite US requests
Harvey Kong reports: Popular online marketplace Carousell violated Hong Kong’s privacy laws, a watchdog said on Thursday, following the discovery of the personal data of more than 320,000 local users available for sale on the dark web. The Office of th… Continue reading Online platform Carousell violated Hong Kong privacy laws, watchdog finds, after data of over 320,000 locals leaked
Hannah Miller reports: Following a high-profile hack last week, crypto wallet-maker Ledger said it will cover the roughly $600,000 worth of assets lost by victims. The Paris-based startup’s Ledger Connect Kit software became compromised following a phi… Continue reading Crypto Wallet-Maker Ledger to Reimburse Hack Victims
The timeline from their notification to consumers tells the sad story: Notice of Data Security Incident We are notifying you of a recent data security incident involving your personal information. This notice explains the incident, steps Xfinity has ta… Continue reading Comcast Cable Communications notifies 35,879,455 consumers affected by Citrix incident
Times of Israel staff and Agencies report: A hacking group that has previously been linked to Israel claimed on Monday to have paralyzed gas stations across Iran in a cyberattack. The group known as “Gonjeshke Darande,” or “predatory sparrow,” said tha… Continue reading Israel-linked group claims cyberattack that shuts down 70% of Iran’s gas stations