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Google warns Hong Kong’s Joshua Wong of government-backed hackers

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Dissent

Iain Marlow and Karen Leigh report: Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong said that Google Inc warned him about government-backed hacking attempts as the former British colony’s historic protests continue to draw global attention – and China’s ire. The student leader on July 16 posted on Twitter a message he said he’d received from Google warning…

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Japanese Exchange Bitpoint Hit By $32m Cyber-Attack

Posted on July 16, 2019 by Dissent

Phil Muncaster reports: Japan-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint has become the latest to lose tens of millions of dollars in a cyber-attack. The firm said it was forced on Friday to stop all services — including withdrawals, deposits, payments, and new account openings — while it investigated the incident. It has also notified the relevant authorities…

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Premera Blue Cross pays states $10 million over data breach (Updated)

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Dissent

Associated Press reports: Premera Blue Cross, the largest health insurer in the Pacific Northwest, has agreed to pay $10 million to 30 states following an investigation into a data breach that exposed confidential information on more than 10 million people across the country. The settlement, negotiated with the Washington attorney general’s office and filed in…

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Hack Brief: A Card-Skimming Hacker Group Hit 17K Domains—and Counting

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Dissent

Brian Barrett reports: You may not recognize the name Magecart, but you’ve seen its impact. A set of sophisticated hacking groups, Magecart has been behind some of the bigger hacks of the past few years, from British Airways to Ticketmaster, all with the singular goal of stealing credit card numbers. Think of them as the…

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Anaesthetic devices ‘vulnerable to hackers’

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Dissent

Chris Baraniuk reports: A type of anaesthetic machine that has been used in NHS hospitals can be hacked and controlled from afar if left accessible on a hospital computer network, a cyber-security company says. A successful attacker would be able to change the amount of anaesthetic delivered to a patient, CyberMDX said. Alarms designed to…

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Hackers breached Greece’s top-level domain registrar

Posted on July 11, 2019 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: State-sponsored hackers have breached ICS-Forth, the organization that manages Greece’s top-level domain country codes of .gr and .el. ICS-Forth, which stands for the Institute of Computer Science of the Foundation for Research and Technology, publicly admitted to the security incident in emails it sent ot domain owners on April 19. The hackers…

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