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)
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…
Gujarat ATS arrests 18-year-old for cyberattacks during Operation Sindoor
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…
Hackers Nab 15 Years of UK Legal Aid Applicant Data
Akshaya Asokan reports: Hackers stole from the U.K. Ministry of Justice personal information pertaining to criminal defendants in need of an attorney, the British government disclosed Monday. The ministry on Monday said it detected on April 23 a breach that targeted the Legal Aid Agency, which provides legal assistance advice in England and Wales primarily in criminal…
How the Signal Knockoff App TeleMessage Got Hacked in 20 Minutes
By now, it is widely known that President Trump’s former national security advisor, Mike Waltz, was spotted using a Signal app clone during a cabinet meeting. Significantly, the TeleMessage clone archives messages. Micah Lee reports what happened next. Two days after the photo of Waltz was published, an anonymous source told me that they had…
Ex-NSA bad-guy hunter listened to Scattered Spider’s fake help-desk calls: ‘Those guys are good’
Jessica Lyons reports: The call came into the help desk at a large US retailer. An employee had been locked out of their corporate accounts. But the caller wasn’t actually a company employee. He was a Scattered Spider criminal trying to break into the retailer’s systems – and he was really good, according to Jon…