Matthew Gault reports: Researchers published a massive database of more than 2 billion Discord messages that they say they scraped using Discord’s public API. The data was pulled from 3,167 servers and covers posts made between 2015 and 2024, the entire time Discord has been active. Though the researchers claim they’ve anonymized the data, it’s…
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Hacker who breached communications app used by Trump aide stole data from across US government
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…
RIBridges firewall worked. But forensic report says hundreds of alarms went unnoticed by Deloitte.
Alexander Castro reports: A cybercriminal group breached the state’s public benefits portal last July, lingered inside the network’s backend for five months, and triggered hundreds of firewall alerts when it transferred gigabytes of Rhode Islanders’ data to its own servers in November. But RIBridges system vendor and manager Deloitte, a multinational firm valued at $67.2 billion last…
Chinese Hackers Hit Drone Sector in Supply Chain Attacks
Ionut Arghire reports: A Chinese threat actor was seen disrupting the drone supply chain in multi-wave attacks against various organizations in Taiwan and South Korea, Trend Micro reports. Dubbed Earth Ammit and believed to be tied to Chinese APTs, the hacking group was seen launching two attack campaigns between 2023 and 2024, targeting organizations across…
$28 million in Texas’ cybersecurity funding for schools left unspent
How often have we heard about cyberattacks affecting Texas school districts? And how often have we heard that k-12 districts are underfunded for cybersecurity and/or don’t have trained personnel? Yet when they are offered money, many districts have not availed themselves of the support. Why? Brian New, Lexi Salazar, Scott Fralicks, and Mike Lozano have a somewhat…
Cyberattacks on Long Island Schools Highlight Growing Threat
I’d called it an “ongoing threat,” but …. Maggie MacAlpine reports: In a concerning development, over 20 school districts across Long Island have fallen victim to cyberattacks, compromising the personal data of more than 10,000 students. According to state education records, 28 incidents were reported in 2024 alone, affecting districts such as Great Neck, Smithtown,…