cybersecurity

Chinese EV makers, and their connected vehicles, targeted by new House bill

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Chinese EV manufacturers face a new challenge in their pursuit of U.S. customers: a new House bill that would limit or ban the introduction of their connected vehicles. The bill, introduced by U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, comes as the trade war between the U.S. and China heightens in the aftermath of the Biden administration’s decision […]

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Chinese EVs – and their connected tech – are the next target of US lawmakers

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U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin will introduce a bill to Congress that would limit or ban the introduction of connected vehicles built by Chinese companies if found to pose a threat to national security.  The bill comes as the trade war between the U.S. and China heightens in the aftermath of the Biden administration’s decision to

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Conservative cell carrier Patriot Mobile hit by data breach

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U.S. cell carrier Patriot Mobile experienced a data breach that included subscribers’ personal information, including full names, email addresses, home zip codes, and account PINs, TechCrunch has learned. Patriot Mobile, which reportedly has fewer than 100,000 subscribers, bills itself as “America’s only Christian conservative wireless provider and our mission is to passionately defend our God-given

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Two students uncover security bug that could let millions do their laundry for free

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A pair of university students say they found and reported earlier this year a security flaw allowing anyone to avoid paying for laundry provided by over a million internet-connected laundry machines in residences and college campuses around the world. Months later, the vulnerability remains open after the vendor, CSC ServiceWorks, repeatedly ignored requests to fix

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Ireland privacy watchdog confirms Dell data breach investigation

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A top European privacy watchdog is investigating following the recent breaches of Dell customers’ personal information, TechCrunch has learned.  Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) deputy commissioner Graham Doyle confirmed to TechCrunch that the DPC has received “a breach notification on this matter” — referring to Dell — which is “currently under assessment.” Asked to elaborate,

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FBI seizes hacking forum BreachForums — again

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The FBI along with a coalition of international law enforcement agencies seized the notorious cybercrime forum BreachForums on Wednesday.  For years, BreachForums has been a popular English-language forum for hackers and cybercriminals who wanted to advertise, sell and trade stolen data. Just recently, a threat actor advertised Dell customers’ personal information and data stolen from

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Threat actor scraped Dell support tickets, including customer phone numbers

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The person who claimed to have stolen the physical addresses of 49 million Dell customers appears to have taken more data from a different Dell portal, TechCrunch has learned. The newly compromised data includes names, phone numbers and email addresses of Dell customers. This personal data is contained in customer “service reports,” which also include

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Threat actor says he scraped 49M Dell customer addresses before the company found out

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The person who claims to have 49 million Dell customer records told TechCrunch that he brute-forced an online company portal and scraped customer data, including physical addresses, directly from Dell’s servers.  TechCrunch verified that some of the scraped data matches the personal information of Dell customers. On Thursday, Dell sent an email to customers saying

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Brandywine Realty Trust says data stolen in ransomware attack

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U.S. realty trust giant Brandywine Realty Trust has confirmed a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of data from its network. In a filing with regulators on Tuesday, the Philadelphia-based Brandywine described the cybersecurity incident as unauthorized access and the “deployment of encryption” on its internal corporate IT systems, consistent with a ransomware attack. Brandywine

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