Three Indiana residents have been charged with conspiracy in connection with a SIM-swapping operation. According to the sealed indictment filed on Nov. 7, 2024, Indigo Kiara Graham, 27, Cortez Tarmar Crawford, 22, and Trevon Demar Allen, 30, all residents of Elkhart, Indiana , allegedly conspired with each other and others to unjustly enrich themselves by…
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Leaked info of 122 million linked to B2B data aggregator breach
Bill Toulas reports: The business contact information for 122 million people circulating since February 2024 is now confirmed to have been stolen from a B2B demand generation platform. The data comes from DemandScience (formerly Pure Incubation), a B2B demand generation company that aggregates data. […] In the case of DemandScience, the firm collected business data from…
Top White House cyber official urges Trump to focus on ransomware, China
Jonathan Grieg reports: Anne Neuberger, the U.S. deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies, spoke at Columbia University on Wednesday and was asked about what pressing cyber challenges the new administration should tackle in its first 100 days. “I’m going to put them into three bins. China, criminal groups like ransomware actors, and…
Idaho man who hacked medical entities and made vile threats sentenced to 10 years in prison (1)
An Idaho man who worked as an Information Technology Specialist for Ada County by day has been sentenced to prison for hacking medical offices and threatening his victims if they didn’t pay his ransom demands. Background of the Case In July 2017, DataBreaches reported a hacking incident with a ransom demand where the description of…
Artificial intelligence and cybercrime: implications for individuals and the healthcare sector
Introduction: The malicious use of artificial intelligence has created new types of security threat for both individuals and the healthcare sector. Although artificial intelligence is a fundamental technology of our age, it has enabled the creation of new types of large-scale cyberthreat, and artificial intelligence-based cybercrime has grown rapidly worldwide. Medical data are a prime…
DeltaPrime Issues Ultimatum to Hacker Following $4.8 Million Attack
Anushka Basu reports: DeltaPrime, the decentralized finance borrow and lending platform, issued a deadline for attackers to engage in conversation on fund retrieval, with a threat of legal action. DeltaPrime, the decentralized finance borrowing protocol attacked by hackers in the amount of $4.8 million on Nov 11, issued an ultimatum to the attacker to respond by 8…