Hackers threaten to release photos of Beverly Hills plastic surgery patients

Patients of a Beverly Hills plastic surgery clinic face the potential horror of having highly sensitive images of their bodies leaked onto the internet by hackers.

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As MOVEit hackers’ deadline approaches, Ofcom reveals it is amongst victims

The UK’s broadcasting regulator, Ofcom, has confirmed that it is amongst the organisations whose data has been stolen as a result of the massive MOVEit supply-chain cyber attack.

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US charges two men with Mt. Gox heist, the world’s largest cryptocurrency hack

More than ten years after the hack of the now-defunct Mt. Gox cryptocurrency exchange, the US Department of Justice says it has identified and charged two men it alleges stole customers’ funds and the exchange’s private keys.

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Decade-old critical vulnerability in Jetpack patched on millions of WordPress websites

Jetpack. an extremely popular WordPress plugin that provides a variety of functions including security features for around five million websites, has received a critical security update following the discovery of a bug that has lurked unnoticed since 2… Continue reading Decade-old critical vulnerability in Jetpack patched on millions of WordPress websites

SAS Airlines hit by $3 million ransom demand following DDoS attacks

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has received a US $3 million ransom demand following a prolonged campaign of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against its online services.

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