Joint operation of the National Police and the Civil Guard press release: The suspect, who claimed responsibility for the intrusions into dark web forums, managed to access the computer services of public and private entities, including the Civil Guard, the Ministry of Defense, the National Mint and Stamp Factory, the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training…
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Canadian Man Charged in $65M Cryptocurrency Hacking Schemes
A five-count criminal indictment was unsealed today in federal court in New York charging a Canadian man with exploiting vulnerabilities in two decentralized finance protocols to fraudulently obtain about $65 million from the protocols’ investors. According to court documents, from 2021 to 2023, Andean Medjedovic, 22, allegedly exploited vulnerabilities in the automated smart contracts used…
Delta County Memorial Hospital District reveals more about 2024 cyberattack that affected 148,363 people
Delta County Memorial Hospital District (Delta Health) in Colorado was the victim of a cyberattack at the end of May 2024. Whatever happened — and the details still haven’t been disclosed — resulted in the provider notifying HHS on July 29 that it had suffered a breach, but the number was not yet known. The…
Exclusive: Apex Custom Software hacked, threat actors threaten to leak the software (1)
On January 20, the hackers known as 0mid16B tweeted, “At 7:40AM 20th Jan (US time), a US healthcare software provider has been hacked. All data in server has been deleted. 48 hours left before we publish all data.” The attached screenshot showed a listing of medications, but without any patient information attached. Two days later,…
With his criminal trial looming, the hacker known as “DR32” pleaded guilty in federal court
With only two weeks until his trial was scheduled to start, Australian national David Kee Crees informed a federal court in Colorado that he wanted to change his plea to guilty. On January 15, he pleaded guilty to 14 out of 22 counts. Background Crees, a 26 year-old Australian, was known online as Abdilo, DR32,…
FBI Warned Agents It Believes Phone Logs Hacked Last Year
Jake Bleiberg and Margi Murphy FBI leaders have warned that they believe hackers who broke into AT&T Inc.’s system last year stole months of their agents’ call and text logs, setting off a race within the bureau to protect the identities of confidential informants, a document reviewed by Bloomberg News shows. FBI officials told agents across the country that details…