Helen Partz reports: Exmo, a cryptocurrency exchange headquartered in the United Kingdom, has suffered a major security breach causing the platform to freeze all withdrawals. According to a Dec. 21 security notice, Exmo detected suspicious withdrawal activity on Monday, with large amounts of major coins like Bitcoin (BTC) leaving the platform’s hot wallets. Read more on…
Hacked Ledger Database Dumped On Raidforums
Stephen Graves reports: More than a million customer emails that were apparently stolen from hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger were made publicly available on a hacker site today. Ledger said it was still confirming the details of the incident but admitted that the data “indeed could be the contents of our e-commerce database from June, 2020.” The leaked…
Federal Financial Agencies Propose Requirement for Computer Security Incident Notification
A press release from the FDIC on December 18: Federal financial regulatory agencies today announced a proposal that would require supervised banking organizations to promptly notify their primary federal regulator in the event of a computer security incident. In particular, alerts would be required for incidents that could result in a banking organization’s inability to…
FCA fines Charles Schwab UK £8.96 million over safeguarding and compliance failures
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Charles Schwab UK Ltd (CSUK) £8.96 million for failing to adequately protect client assets, carrying out a regulated activity without permission and making a false statement to the FCA. Customers affected by the breaches were all retail customers, who require the greatest level of protection. Mark Steward, Executive…
Premier Kids Care, Inc. notifies patients of attack first discovered in April
Premier Kids Care, Inc. (PKC) of Georgia provides specialized pharmacy and home clinical services for children with diabetes, endocrinological, and perinatal needs. On April 6, 2020, PKC discovered it had been targeted by a cyberattack and that an unauthorized actor had gained access to PKC systems. An investigation into the incident revealed that the unauthorized…
Dozens of journalists’ iPhones hacked with NSO ‘zero-click’ spyware, says Citizen Lab
Zack Whittaker report: Citizen Lab researchers say they have found evidence that dozens of journalists had their iPhones silently compromised with spyware known to be used by nation states. For more than the past year, London-based reporter Rania Dridi and at least 36 journalists, producers and executives working for the Al Jazeera news agency were targeted…