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AT&T says criminals stole phone records of ‘nearly all’ customers in new data breach

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U.S. phone giant AT&T confirmed Friday it will begin notifying millions of consumers about a fresh data breach that allowed cybercriminals to steal the phone records of “nearly all” of its customers, a company spokesperson told TechCrunch. In a statement, AT&T said that the stolen data contains phone numbers of both cellular and landline customers, […]

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Data breach exposes millions of mSpy spyware customers

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A data breach at the phone surveillance operation mSpy has exposed millions of its customers who bought access to the phone spyware app over the past decade, as well as the Ukrainian company behind it. Unknown attackers stole millions of customer support tickets, including personal information, emails to support, and attachments including personal documents, from

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Exein raised $15M Series B to stop robotic arms going haywire

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By now, we’re all pretty familiar with cybersecurity for computers. But what would happen if a robotic arm on a production line was hacked and instructed to kill its human co-worker? That “device security” is the kind of thorny problem that Rome-based startup Exein is tackling.  The IoT cybersecurity company has now raised €15 million

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Apple warns of mercenary spyware attacks in 98 countries

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Apple has issued a new round of threat notifications to iPhone users across 98 countries, warning them of potential mercenary spyware attacks. It’s the second such alert campaign from the company this year, following a similar notification sent to users in 92 nations in April. Since 2021, Apple has been regularly sending these notifications, reaching

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Microsoft emails that warned customers of Russian hacks criticized for looking like spam and phishing

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In March, Microsoft confirmed that Russian government hackers known as Midnight Blizzard (or APT29) had broken into its systems with the goal of stealing various kinds of information, including data on Microsoft customers.  Months later, Microsoft is still in the process of notifying its affected customers, and it looks like the process isn’t going very

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Evolve Bank says ransomware gang stole personal data on millions of customers

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U.S.-based banking-as-a-service giant Evolve Bank & Trust has said that cybercriminals accessed the personal data of millions of customers during a recent cyberattack. In a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Monday, Evolve confirmed that the personal data of at least 7.6 million people, including more than 20,000 customers based in Maine, was accessed during

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India’s Airtel dismisses data breach reports amid customer concerns

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Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, on Friday denied any breach of its systems following reports of an alleged security lapse that has caused concern among its customers. The telecom group, which also sells productivity and security solutions to businesses, said it had conducted a “thorough investigation” and found that there has been no breach whatsoever

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HealthEquity says data breach is an ‘isolated incident’

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On Tuesday, health tech services provider HealthEquity disclosed in a filing with federal regulators that it had suffered a data breach, in which hackers stole the “protected health information” of some customers.  In an 8-K filing with the SEC, the company said it detected “anomalous behavior by a personal use device belonging to a business

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Roll20, an online tabletop role-playing game platform, discloses data breach

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The popular online tabletop and role-playing game platform Roll20 announced on Wednesday that it had suffered a data breach, which exposed some users’ personal information.   In a post published on its official website, Roll20 said that on June 29 it had detected that a “bad actor” gained access to an account on the company’s administrative

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Twilio says hackers identified cell phone numbers of two-factor app Authy users

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Last week, a hacker claimed to have stolen 33 million phone numbers from U.S. messaging giant Twilio. On Tuesday, Twilio confirmed to TechCrunch that “threat actors” were able to identify the phone number of people who use Authy, a popular two-factor authentication app owned by Twilio. In a post on a well-known hacking forum, the

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