Arjun Kharpal reports: North Korean-linked actors were behind the theft of $100 million through the hack of a crypto product last year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said. The FBI said it was “able to confirm” that Lazarus Group and APT38, two hacking groups linked to Pyongyang, were responsible for the attack on the so-called Horizon…
Category: Business Sector
FanDuels warns of data breach after customer info stolen in vendor hack
Lawrence Abrams reports: The FanDuel sportsbook and betting site is warning customers that their names and email addresses were exposed in a January 2023 MailChimp security breach, urging users to remain vigilant against phishing emails. On January 13th, MailChimp confirmed they suffered a breach after hackers stole an employee’s credentials using a social engineering attack. Read more at BleepingComputer.
TSA ‘no fly’ list leaked after being found on unsecured airline server
Chris Pandolfo reports: The Swiss hacker known as “maia arson crimew” blogged Thursday that she discovered the Transportation Security Administration “no fly” list from 2019 and a trove of data belonging to CommuteAir on an unsecured Amazon Web Services cloud server used by the airline. The hacker told The Daily Dot the list appeared to have more…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
CR: Ministry of Public Works and Transportation Hit by Ransomware Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Works and Transportation (MOPT) has been the target of a ransomware attack by as yet unidentified individuals. The attack was reported by the Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT) (machine translation): Since early hours of this Tuesday, the…
T-Mobile discloses yet another data breach; this one hits 37 million
It seems like litigation from one T-Mobile data breach is barely settled when we are reading about yet another T-Mobile breach. AP reports the carrier disclosed that an unidentified threat actor breached its network in late November and stole data on 37 million customers. The data stolen included addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth….
Ransomware gang steals data from KFC, Taco Bell, and Pizza Hut brand owner
Bill Toulas reports: Yum! Brands, the fast food brand operator of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and The Habit Burger Grill fast-food restaurant chains, has been targeted by a ransomware attack that forced the closure of 300 locations in the United Kingdom. Read more at BleepingComputer.