Cybercrime

Personal information of Minister, Member of Parliament, and prisoners leaked in data breach at Clinical Diagnostics

The personal information of a Minister from the government and a Member of Parliament can be found in the data breach at Clinical Diagnostics. The same goes for over 250 prisoners.
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Two Russian cybercrime groups exploit WinRAR zero-day for weeks

Two Russian cybercrime groups have been exploiting a high-severity zero-day in the widely used WinRAR file compressor, cybersecurity firm ESET has found.
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Marks & Spencer’s online shop now fully operational after cyberattack

Almost four months after Marks & Spencer was hit with a cyberattack, the retailer’s online shop is now fully operational.
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Data breach exposes over 485,000 cervical cancer screening participants after hack at external laboratory

Hackers stole data from more than 485,000 participants in a cervical cancer screening program after gaining access to IT systems at Clinical Diagnostics.
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Interlock claims cyberattack on St. Paul, employees forced to scrub data

In what could be called a completely expected development, ransomware gang Interlock said it has stolen 43 gigabytes of data from the Minnesota city of St. Paul and added it to its leak site.
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BlackSuit ransomware takedown nabs 4 servers, 9 domains, and $1 million in crypto

US authorities on Monday said last month's coordinated takedown of the BlackSuit ransomware gang led to the seizure of over a dozen servers and domains, plus over a million dollars worth of laundered cryptocurrency.
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Tormentor threatens to skin and eat TikTok user

“I want to be known as the Idaho murderer, I want to be known like Ted Bundy,” said a man in Georgia who used social media as a vehicle to harass and terrify his victims.
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UK football fans lose £2.5m to scammers

UK football supporters are encouraged to Stop! Think Fraud as Lloyds Bank estimates that over £2.5 million ($3.3 million) had been stolen by fraudsters nationally since the start of the 2023/24 season.
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Bouygues Telecom falls victim to cyberattack, 6.4 million customers affected

French mobile phone and internet service provider Bouygues Telecom has detected a security breach. All customers concerned have received or will receive an email or SMS to inform them.
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US federal court systems were targeted by cyberattacks

The federal judiciary's information technology systems have been targeted by "recent escalated cyberattacks of a sophisticated and persistent nature," the Administrative Office of the US Courts said in a statement on Thursday.
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Australia sues Optus after 9.5 million customers exposed in 2022

An Australian regulator has sued Optus, alleging the Singapore Telecommunications-owned carrier breached privacy laws during a 2022 cyber attack that compromised the personal data of millions of customers, both parties confirmed on Friday.
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Predator grooms and kidnaps girl, Roblox to blame, say lawyers

Roblox and Discord are being sued, again, following the grooming and kidnapping of a minor in California.
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China-linked hackers deploy fake Dalai Lama apps to spy on Tibetan community

As the Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday, China-linked hackers have carried out two cyberattacks targeting the Tibetan community.
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Three people detained by Taiwanese authorities over alleged theft of TSMC chip secrets

Taiwanese authorities have detained three people for allegedly stealing technology trade secrets from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC), the world's largest chip foundry, Taiwanese prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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Global TikTok scam uses fake shops and malware to steal money and data

FraudOnTok is a new worldwide scam targeting TikTok Shop users. Using fake websites and mobile apps, AI-generated content lures users into believing that they’re interacting with the real TikTok Shop platform – only to steal their personal information, drain crypto wallets, and infect their devices with spyware.
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Italian DPA fines SHEIN for €1M for misleading customers with false environmental claims

The Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), the Italian data protection authority (DPA), has fined SHEIN €1 million for misleading customers about its products' environmental impacts.
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Scammers turn their faux ICE raid deceit into a TikTok trend

Scammers may be coming for your sympathy, but what they really want is your personal information.
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TSMC launches legal action after finding potential trade secret leak

TSMC, the world's main producer of advanced AI chips, has launched legal proceedings and taken disciplinary action against employees involved in potential trade secret leaks after detecting unauthorized activities during routine monitoring.
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St. Paul extends emergency amid cyberattack: experts plead caution

The Saint Paul City Council has unanimously agreed to maintain a local state of emergency for an additional 90 days. That means that the cyberattack that shook the Minnesota city last week is still ongoing.
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Woman cyberstalks family, threatens to kill them

A cyberstalker who assumed the identities of two pregnant teenagers has pleaded guilty to cyberstalking after she threatened to kill couples who wanted to adopt her fictional children.
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