A former CIA analyst was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for unlawfully retaining and transmitting Top Secret National Defense Information to people who were not entitled to receive it, information which was publicly posted on social media platforms in October 2024. According to court documents, Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, was an…
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FIN6 cybercriminals pose as job seekers on LinkedIn to hack recruiters
This may make it a bit harder for those legitimately seeking jobs on LinkedIn. Daryna Antoniuk reports: Cybercriminals from the long-running FIN6 group are posing as job seekers on platforms like LinkedIn to infect recruiters with malware delivered through fake resumes, according to a new report. Recruitment scams are common among cybercrime gangs, but this…
Dutch police identify users on Cracked.io
Excerpts from a press release today by the Dutch Police after several investigations by the Cybercrime Team of the Zeeland-West-Brabant unit revealed that suspects had an account on the Cracked.io platform. Dutch police, in collaboration with other countries involved in Europol, were able to secure and take down servers and identify individual users. Ultimately, 126 individual…
Help, please: Seeking copies of the PowerSchool ransom email(s)
Help, please: If anyone has a copy of the ransom note sent to PowerSchool in December 2024 or to PowerSchool clients on or about May 7, 2025, please email me a copy or upload it to me on Signal. I want to see not only the body, but the full header and signature. To reach…
RCMP thumb drive with informant, witness data obtained by criminals: watchdog
Jim Bronskill reports: The RCMP lost a USB key containing personal information about victims, witnesses and informants, and later learned it was being offered for sale by criminals, the federal privacy watchdog says. A detailed report from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada reveals the RCMP told the watchdog about the breach in March…
Evoke Wellness to Pay $1.9 Million to Settle FTC Claims That They Misled Consumers Seeking Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Evoke allegedly used Google ads and telemarketing to pretend to be other clinics; court order permanently bans them from similar deceptive conduct On June 10, DataBreaches sent Evoke Wellness in Hilliard, Ohio an inquiry about an insider-wrongdoing breach reported in Ohio media but not mentioned on their website. There has been no reply as of…