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Canadian authorities arrest a suspect linked to the Snowflake data breach, exposing vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure. The breach… Continue reading Canada Arrests Suspected Hacker Linked to Snowflake Data Breaches
A 26-year-old man in Ontario, Canada has been arrested for allegedly stealing data from and extorting more than 160 companies that used the cloud data service Snowflake.
On October 30, Canadian authorities arrested Alexander Moucka, a.k.a. Connor Riley Moucka of Kitchener, Ontario, on a provisional arrest warrant from the United States. Bloomberg first reported Moucka’s alleged ties to the Snowflake hacks on Monday.
At the end of 2023, malicious hackers learned that many large companies had uploaded huge volumes of sensitive customer data to Snowflake accounts that were protected with little more than a username and password (no multi-factor authentication required). After scouring darknet markets for stolen Snowflake account credentials, the hackers began raiding the data storage repositories used by some of the world’s largest corporations. Continue reading Canadian Man Arrested in Snowflake Data Extortions
Connor Moucka was arrested last week at the behest of the United States, CyberScoop has learned.
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BigID launched Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Starter App, built natively in Snowflake and using the Snowflake Native App Framework. BigID’s DSPM Starter App will be available via Snowflake Marketplace and provide rapid data discovery an… Continue reading BigID DSPM Starter App enhances data security posture for Snowflake customers
A cyberattack that shut down some of the top casinos in Las Vegas last year quickly became one of the most riveting security stories of 2023: It was the first known case of native English-speaking hackers in the United States and Britain teaming up with ransomware gangs based in Russia. But that made-for-Hollywood narrative has eclipsed a far more hideous trend: Many of these young, Western cybercriminals are also members of fast-growing online groups that exist solely to bully, stalk, harass and extort vulnerable teens into physically harming themselves and others. Continue reading The Dark Nexus Between Harm Groups and ‘The Com’
New research reveals critical vulnerabilities in Python applications for Windows including Snowflake, Gradio, Jupyter, and Streamlit that could… Continue reading NTLM Credential Theft Risk in Python Apps Threaten Windows Security
In the past week, AT&T has announced an absolutely massive data breach. This is sort of a multi-layered story, but it gives me an opportunity to use my favorite piece …read more Continue reading This Week in Security: Snowflake, The CVD Tension, and Kaspersky’s Exit — And Breaking BSOD
Businesses and individuals with AT&T accounts from May 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022 and on January 2, 2023 will be notified if their data was affected. Continue reading Massive AT&T Hack Exposed ‘Nearly All’ Customer Phone Numbers
The pilfered content, which contains aggregated metadata, was taken via the company’s Snowflake instance.
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Advance Auto Parts says the personal information of 2.3 million was compromised after hackers accessed its Snowflake account.
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