Chimamanda Marcel reports: Fei protocol, an Ethereum-based decentralized exchange, has suffered an extensive security breach a year after it merged with RAri Capital, a lending and borrowing protocol, smart contract analysis firm Blocksec reported on Saturday. According to Blocksec, multiple pools related to Fei Protocol and RAri Capital were exploited and more than $80 million worth of…
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Hacking Russia was off-limits. The Ukraine war made it a free-for-all.
Joseph Menn reports: ….. the third month of war finds Russia, not the United States, struggling under an unprecedented hacking wave that entwines government activity, political voluntarism and criminal action. Digital assailants have plundered the country’s personal financial data, defaced websites and handed decades of government emails to anti-secrecy activists abroad. One recent survey showed…
NB65 Hackers Reportedly Stole Credit Card Data of QIWI Clients
Note: The following has not been confirmed by QIWI and there is no notice or statement on their website as of the time of this posting. Manikanta Immanni reports: NB65, a hacking group that’s targeting various Russian organizations recently, has just announced QIWI as its latest victim. QIWI is a Russian payments company that’s widely…
US offers bounty for Sandworm, the Russian hackers blamed for destructive cyberattacks
Zack Whittaker reports: The U.S. government has stepped up its hunt for six Russian intelligence officers, best known as the state-backed hacking group dubbed “Sandworm,” by offering a $10 million bounty for information that identifies or locates its members. The Sandworm hackers — who work for a division of Russia’s GRU, the country’s military intelligence division — are known…
Ph: BSP sanctions BDO, UBP over December hacking incident
CNN Philippines reports: The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Thursday announced it will sanction BDO Unibank and the Union Bank of the Philippines over the hundreds of unauthorized bank transfers last December. The BSP said its monetary board arrived at the decision following the conclusion of its investigation into the hacking incident. CNN Philippines…
Coca-Cola investigates hackers’ claims of breach and data theft
Bill Toulas reported this yesterday: Coca-Cola, the world’s largest soft drinks maker, has confirmed in a statement to BleepingComputer that it is aware of the reports about a cyberattack on its network and is currently investigating the claims. The American beverage giant has started to investigate after the Stormous gang said that it successfully breached some…