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Researchers Scrape 2 Billion Discord Messages and Publish Them Online

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Dissent

Matthew Gault reports: Researchers published a massive database of more than 2 billion Discord messages that they say they scraped using Discord’s public API. The data was pulled from 3,167 servers and covers posts made between 2015 and 2024, the entire time Discord has been active. Though the researchers claim they’ve anonymized the data, it’s…

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Privilege Under Fire: Protecting Forensic Reports in the Wake of a Data Breach

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Dissent

Alexander Koskey, Madison McMahan, and Matthew White of Baker Donelson write: A recent decision from the Federal Court of Australia in McClure v.  Medibank Private Limited [2025] FCA 167 underscores just how easily privilege can be lost. While McClure was decided under Australian law, the court’s reasoning closely aligns with a series of U.S. cases that have…

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Hacker who breached communications app used by Trump aide stole data from across US government

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Dissent

A.J. Vicens and Raphael Satter report:  A hacker who breached the communications service used by former Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month intercepted messages from a broader swathe of American officials than has previously been reported, according to a Reuters review, potentially raising the stakes of a breach that has already drawn…

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Massachusetts hacker to plead guilty to PowerSchool data breach (1)

Posted on May 20, 2025May 21, 2025 by Dissent

Nate Raymond reports: A Massachusetts man has agreed to plead guilty to hacking cloud-based education software provider PowerSchool and stealing data pertaining to millions of students and teachers that hackers used to extort the company and school districts into paying ransoms. Matthew Lane, 19, entered into a plea deal on Tuesday to resolve charges filed…

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Cyberattack brings down Kettering Health phone lines, MyChart patient portal access (1)

Posted on May 20, 2025May 20, 2025 by Dissent

Samantha Wildow and Josh Sweigart report: A cyberattack is causing a system-wide technology outage at Kettering Health, forcing some medical procedures to be canceled, bringing down phone lines and the MyChart patient portal and diverting emergency crews to other facilities. “Earlier this morning, Kettering Health experienced a system-wide technology outage that is causing challenges to…

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Gujarat ATS arrests 18-year-old for cyberattacks during Operation Sindoor

Posted on May 20, 2025 by Dissent

Maulik Pathak reports: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested 18-year-old Jasim Shahnawaz Ansari from Nadiad who, along with other juvenile accomplices, orchestrated multiple cyberattacks against several Indian government websites, especially amid Operation Sindoor, India’s military response following the Pahalgam terror attack. “The accused, a 12th-grade dropout, gained expertise in various programming languages, but his…

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