Evan Perez and Sean Lyngaas report: The FBI has been investigating and working to contain a malicious cyber incident on part of its computer network in recent days, according to people briefed on the matter. FBI officials believe the incident involved an FBI computer system used in investigations of images of child sexual exploitation, two…
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GoDaddy: Hackers stole source code, installed malware in multi-year breach
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Web hosting giant GoDaddy says it suffered a breach where unknown attackers have stolen source code and installed malware on its servers after breaching its cPanel shared hosting environment in a multi-year attack. While GoDaddy discovered the security breach in early December 2022 following customer reports that their sites were being used…
Spain orders extradition of British alleged hacker to U.S.
AP reports: Spain’s National Court has agreed to the extradition to the U.S. of a British citizen who allegedly took part in computer attacks, including the July 2020 hacking of Twitter accounts of public figures such as Joseph Biden, Barack Obama and Bill Gates. A court statement Friday said requirements had been met for handing…
Norway finds a way to recover crypto North Korea pinched in Axie heist
Laura Dobberstein reports: Norwegian authorities announced on Thursday that they had recovered $5.9 million of cryptocurrency stolen in the Axie Infinity hack – an incident widely held to have been perpetrated by the Lazarus Group, which has links to North Korea. The Norwegian National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime (Økokrim)…
Acting Pennsylvania Attorney General Henry Secures $400,000 Settlement with DNA Diagnostics Center Stemming from Data Breach
HARRISBURG – Acting Attorney General Michelle A. Henry today announced a settlement with DNA Diagnostics Center – one of the world’s largest private DNA-testing companies offering diagnostic and genetic testing to help answer relationship, fertility, and health questions – after a data breach exposed the social security numbers of 12,663 Pennsylvanians who were subject to genetic testing…
California Northstate University student and employee data stolen
In a new listing by AvosLocker, the threat actors leak personal information that can make employees’ lives difficult for years to come. In their leak site listing for California Northstate University, AvosLocker claims: We have Student admissions data include Name, Social Security Number, Date Of Birth, Address, Email, Telephone. All College employees W-2 include in…