Connor Trinske reports: The unprecedented leak of Grand Theft Auto 6 is now under investigation by the FBI, and it’s targeting the hacker who claimed responsibility. Over 90 videos of GTA 6 gameplay footage and screenshots made their way online last weekend, primarily via the GTAForums. The footage shown in those leaks lined up with previous reports surrounding Rockstar’s next game,…
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Teen who ‘hacked homecoming votes’ to crown herself queen is suing police and her school
If you are charged criminally and don’t contest the charges and complete a program that results in the charges being dropped, can you then turn around later and sue law enforcement for false arrest or anything? I didn’t think you could. Paging lawyers to Aisle 4, please? Earlier this month, Joe Smith reported; A teenager…
Ask.FM user database with 350m user records has shown up for sale (UPDATED with Denial from Ask.FM)
“I think it’s probably one of the biggest breaches in a long time, can’t think of any bigger ones,” Pompompurin, the owner of Breached.to, wrote when asked about a new for-sale listing that appeared on his forum. A seller called “Data,” who Pompompurin says he will “vouch all day and night for” listed user data…
Gag order issued to stop release of information stolen by hackers
The Tirana Times reports: With publication on the web of documents stolen by Iran-linked hackers from Albanian State Police servers, the Prosecutor’s Office of Tirana has ordered media to stop publishing any stories sourced from data published by the authors of the cyberattack. Many Albanian media say the order amounts to censorship, a stance backed…
Uber links breach to Lapsus$ group, blames contractor for hack
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Uber believes the hacker behind last week’s breach is affiliated with the Lapsus$ extortion group, known for breaching other high-profile tech companies such as Microsoft, Cisco, NVIDIA, Samsung, and Okta. The company added that the attacker used the stolen credentials of an Uber EXT contractor in an MFA fatigue attack where the contractor was flooded with two-factor authentication (2FA)…
ClearBalance, Bricker & Eckler settle data breach lawsuits involving patient data
To follow up on two previously reported breaches involving protected health information, here are two class action settlements that involve business associates: CSI Financial Services aka ClearBalance In July 2021, DataBreaches reported a breach at CSI Financial Services, aka ClearBalance, a firm that services loans made by hospitals and providers to patients who need to…