The U.S. Treasury told lawmakers in a letter Monday that it was hit by a cyberattack earlier in December, which the department has attributed to Chinese government hackers. In the letter shared with senior U.S. House lawmakers, which TechCrunch has seen, the Treasury said the hackers gained remote access to certain Treasury employee workstations and […]
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Data-loss prevention startup Cyberhaven says hackers published a malicious update to its Chrome extension that was capable of stealing customer passwords and session tokens, according to an email sent to affected customers, who may have been victims of this suspected supply-chain attack. Cyberhaven confirmed the cyberattack to TechCrunch on Friday but declined to comment on
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Clop, a prolific ransomware gang, has taken credit for stealing data from at least 66 companies by exploiting a bug in widely used corporate file transfer tools made by Cleo Software. The cybercriminal gang on Tuesday listed on its dark web leak site the partial names of companies it hacked, which TechCrunch has seen, but
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A ransomware attack earlier this year on UnitedHealth-owned health tech company Change Healthcare likely stands as one of the largest data breaches of U.S. health and medical data in history. Months after the February data breach, a “substantial proportion of people living in America” are receiving notice by mail that their personal and health information
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A Russian-government backed hacking group targeted Ukraine’s military using tools and infrastructure developed by cybercriminals, according to new research. On Wednesday, Microsoft published a report detailing a hacking campaign carried out by a group it calls Secret Blizzard, which the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) previously said “is almost certainly subordinate to the
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International doughnut chain Krispy Kreme disclosed a security incident on Wednesday, which the company said has caused “certain operational disruptions, including with online ordering in parts of the United States.” Krispy Kreme disclosed the cyberattack in an 8-K filing with the SEC. The company said it was “notified regarding unauthorized activity on a portion of
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U.S. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden announced a new draft bill with the goal of securing American telephone networks and Americans’ communications in response to the massive hack of telecom providers allegedly done by Chinese government hackers. In a press release on Tuesday, Wyden announced the Secure American Communications Act. The bill would order the Federal
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U.S. government officials said Tuesday that the China-backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon are still inside some of the networks of America’s largest phone and internet providers, weeks after the long-running hacking campaign first came to light. Cybersecurity agency CISA said in a call with reporters the affected telecom giants are still trying to evict
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U.S. government officials said Tuesday that the China-backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon are still inside some of the networks of America’s largest phone and internet providers, weeks after the long-running hacking campaign first came to light. Cybersecurity agency CISA said in a call with reporters the affected telecom giants are still trying to evict
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U.S. government officials said Tuesday that the China-backed hacking group dubbed Salt Typhoon are still inside some of the networks of America’s largest phone and internet providers, weeks after the long-running hacking campaign first came to light. Cybersecurity agency CISA said the affected telecom giants are still trying to evict the hackers, in part because
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