California’s privacy regulator is asking a court to fine a data broker that lost hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers in one of last year’s biggest data breaches. The California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA), which enforces California’s state rules on data protection and privacy rights, known as CCPA, said Thursday that it is seeking […]
U.K. healthcare giant HCRG Care Group has confirmed it’s investigating a cybersecurity incident after a ransomware gang claimed to have breached the company’s systems to steal troves of sensitive data. HCRG Care Group is one of the largest independent providers of community health and care services in the United Kingdom. The organization, previously known as
Mollitiam Industries, a small and little-known Spanish spyware maker, is shutting down. The startup’s demise was first reported by the intelligence and surveillance trade new website Intelligence Online, which blamed the company’s downfall on financial issues. Public business records confirm that the company filed for bankruptcy on January 23. Unlike Hacking Team, NSO Group, and
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Cameron John Wagenius pleaded guilty to hacking AT&T and Verizon and stealing a massive trove of phone records from the companies, according to court records filed on Wednesday. Wagenius, who was a U.S. Army soldier, pleaded guilty to two counts of “unlawful transfer of confidential phone records information” on an online forum and via an
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Australian IVF giant Genea has disclosed a cybersecurity incident that disrupted patient services and led to the access of potentially sensitive information. Genea, one of Australia’s three largest IVF providers with 21 clinics across the country, confirmed the incident in a statement on its website on Wednesday. Australia’s national broadcaster ABC reports that Genea disclosed
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U.S. cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks has warned that hackers are exploiting another vulnerability in its firewall software to break into unpatched customer networks. Attackers are exploiting a recently disclosed vulnerability in PAN-OS, the operating system that runs Palo Alto Networks firewalls, the California-based company confirmed on Tuesday. Cybersecurity firm Assetnote first discovered the vulnerability,
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U.S.-based venture capital firm Insight Partners has confirmed that hackers breached its systems in January. When reached by TechCrunch, Insight Partners confirmed the cybersecurity incident in a statement published Tuesday. Calcalist first reported the breach earlier in the day. In its statement, Insight Partners said it detected that an “unauthorized third party” had accessed “certain
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Last week, Valve removed a game from its online store Steam because the product was laced with malware. After the removal of the game, which was called PirateFI, security researchers analyzed the malware and found that whoever planted it modified an existing video game in an attempt to trick gamers into installing an info-stealer called
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Newspaper publishing giant Lee Enterprises said an ongoing cyberattack is causing disruptions across its business, and is now in its third week of outages. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Lee said it was conducting a forensic analysis to determine if sensitive or personal data was stolen in the cyberattack. “Preliminary
Back in November, we broke the news that Meta — owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, with billions of users accounting for 10% of all fixed and 22% of all mobile traffic — was close to announcing work on a major new, $10 billion+ subsea cable project to connect up the globe. The aim was
