Bhushan Akolkar reports: Although the cryptocurrency markets have progressed significantly bridge attacks and hacks continue to plague the market due to bad players. In a concerning development, Orbit Bridge, a prominent cross-chain bridge protocol, has experienced a notable outflow of $81.5 million across various cryptocurrencies, signaling a potential major hack. On December 31st, an anonymous…
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Troves Of Iranian Hacked Insurance Customer Data On Sale
Iran Intl reports: Anonymous hackers are selling 160 million customer information records cobbled together from 23 Iranian insurance companies for approximately $75,000. The Iranian Leakage Tracking System (Leakfa) has confirmed the validity of the hackers’ claim, stating that the information was obtained through a breach of the Expert Information Technologists (Fanavaran) company infrastructure. The information offered for…
CBS, Paramount owner National Amusements says it was hacked
Zack Whittaker reports: National Amusements, the cinema chain and corporate parent giant of media giants Paramount and CBS, has confirmed it experienced a data breach in which hackers stole the personal information of tens of thousands of people. The private media conglomerate said in a legally required filing with Maine’s attorney general that hackers stole personal information…
A Lump of Coal: Users Report Getting DMCA Notices After Downloading Leaked Wolverine Build
Bobby Anhalt reports: Users who downloaded the Marvel’s Wolverine leaked play build reportedly received DMCAs from their internet service providers. Insomniac Games is the most recent high-profile casualty of malicious ransomware attacks in the gaming industry. Unfortunately, the cyberattack resulted in well over a terabyte of information being leaked to the public. In addition to an early…
Mint Mobile discloses new data breach exposing customer data
Lawrence Abrams reports: Mint Mobile has disclosed a new data breach that exposed the personal information of its customers, including data that can be used to perform SIM swap attacks. Mint is a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) owned by T-Mobile, offering budget, pre-paid mobile plans. […] The customer data exposed in the breach includes:…
Kazakhstan to extradite Russian cyber expert to Moscow despite US requests
Daryna Antoniuk reports: Kazakhstan will reportedly extradite a prominent Russian cybersecurity expert to Moscow after refusing to send him to the U.S. Nikita Kislitsin, who was detained in Kazakhstan earlier in June at the request of the U.S., will face hacking and extortion charges in his home country, according to Moscow’s Prosecutor General’s Office. There was no official confirmation…