Antonio K. Smith reports: The most recent hack in the crypto industry is the hot wallet hacking of Lympo, which is a subsidiary of Animoca Brands and a sports NFT platform. The bad actors compromised the platform’s hot wallets and stole about 165.2 million LMT tokens worth $18.7 million at the time of the hack….
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OpenSubtitles discloses successful extortion attempt, data breach
Catalin Cimpanu reports: OpenSubtitles, a website that provides free subtitles for movie fans, has disclosed today that it was hacked last year and subsequently paid a ransom to silence the hacker about the attack. The company disclosed today the incident after a copy of the stolen files leaked online and were indexed by the HaveIBeenPwned website….
Kings Plant Barn the latest retailer hit by click-and-collect data breach
Chris Keall reports: Kings Plant Barn has contacted customers about a security breach to FlexBooker, the internet-based system it uses to organise click-and-collect bookings. Names, email addresses and collection times were exposed. But the gardening chain says no credit card, password details or mobile have been spilled. Read more at New Zealand Herald.
Unhappy New Year for cybercriminals as VPNLab.net goes offline
Do threat actors feel like walls are closing in on them? They might well be feeling that way — or maybe they should be feeling that way. From Europol, today: This week, law enforcement authorities took action against the criminal misuse of VPN services as they targeted the users and infrastructure of VPNLab.net. The VPN…
South Australian gov issues breach notice to hacked payroll provider
Justin Hendry reports: Payroll software provider Frontier Systems has been issued with a breach of contract notice over a ransomware attack that saw the personal details of 80,000 South Australian public servants stolen. Department of Treasury and Finance chief David Reynolds revealed the the action after it emerged government data had been stolen directly from…
Hackers disrupt payroll for thousands of employers — including hospitals
Becky Sullivan reports that the Kronos ransomware incident continues to disrupt payroll for employees around the country: A month-old ransomware attack is still causing administrative chaos for millions of people, including 20,000 public transit workers in the New York City metro area, public service workers in Cleveland, employees of FedEx and Whole Foods, and medical…