More about the successful use of forged emergency data requests that Brian Krebs reported about yesterday. Now William Turton reports: Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. Apple and Meta provided…
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Network cavity blamed for data breach at Japanese candy maker Morinaga
John Leyden reports: Japanese confectionary manufacturer Morinaga has warned that a suspected data breach of its online store may have exposed the personal information of more than 1.6 million customers. Potentially exposed information includes the names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, purchase histories, and, in fewer than 4,000 instances, email addresses of affected Morinaga Direct customers. The firm…
Infinity’s Ronin Network Says About $620M Stolen In Major Security Breach
Shanthi Rexaline reports: Ronin, an Ethereum-linked sidechain made by Sky Mavis specifically for Axie Infinity disclosed Tuesday a major security breach that led to the theft of about $620 million in cryptocurrency. What Happened: About 173,600 Ethereum and 25.5 million USD were drained from the Ronin bridge in two transaction on March 23, the Ronin Network said in a…
“Anonymous” hacktivists continue to try to help Ukraine
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a number of hacktivists have targeted Russia, hoping to be of help to Ukraine. It is not clear to what extent they have helped Ukraine by hitting the targets they have hit and leaking data, but here are two recent campaigns. Hacker Group Anonymous Leaks 35,000 Files Of…
Creepy Spyware Company Goes Broke
Lucas Ropek reports: FinFisher is no more. Long accused of helping authoritarian governments to spy on political dissidents and activists, the creepy surveillance company has abruptly shut down amidst an ongoing investigation into its business dealings. On Monday, Bloomberg reported that the Munich-based spyware firm had shuttered its offices after quietly filing for insolvency this past February. Read more…
Traffic at major Ukrainian internet service provider Ukrtelecom disrupted
Andrea Peterson reports: Web traffic from major Ukrainian internet service provider Ukrtelecom was disrupted Monday, causing one of the most widespread internet outages in the country since Russian troops invaded late last month. Ukrainian government officials attributed the disruption to a cyberattack. Read more at The Record.