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Evolve hack impacts 7.6M people, including Wise customers
A hack at the Arkansas-based Evolve Bank & Trust has rippled through several fintech companies. The bank has disclosed that the LockBit attack exposed millions of customers.
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General Motors reports “suspicious activity” within certain GM accounts
The multinational American auto manufacturer General Motors (GM) has suffered what appears to be a credential stuffing attack, affecting a limited number of GM MyAccounts.
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Microsoft could be forced to pay huge fine for breaches by its subsidiary
A modest complaint could turn into a huge fine for Microsoft if the regulators decide that the tech giant’s subsidiary ad broker, Xandr, is guilty of privacy breaches.
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Frankfurt uni shuts down IT systems, elevators following “serious hacker attack”
The Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences has experienced a cyberattack, forcing it to shut down its websites and IT systems.
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NYT: hacker stole OpenAI secrets, sparking internal feuds
A hacker gained access to OpenAI’s internal systems in early 2023 and stole details about the company’s technologies. However, according to The New York Times, the ambitious AI startup never shared the news publicly, sparking internal disagreements.
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NATO summit highlights constant cyber threat facing alliance
As heads of NATO member states gather in Washington for the organization’s annual summit, experts have a reminder: cyber threats to the alliance are ever-larger and evolving.
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Microsoft’s breach notification emails end up in spam folder
Microsoft’s attempt to inform customers of Russian hackers going through their emails resulted in delivery into a spam folder.
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Cyberstalking case sends victim’s workplace into lockdown
An Alaskan man has been found guilty of a four-year cyberstalking campaign in which he used technology to control the victim’s life.
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Ransomware attacks really increase mortality rates at hospitals
It’s sometimes claimed that blaming deaths of hospital patients on ransomware attacks is somewhat ridiculous. But it’s not, research shows: a whitepaper found evidence to suggest that mortality rates typically increase by around 20%.
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Twilio confirms Authy data breach
Attackers “were able” to identify which phone number represents which Authy account, the app’s owner Twilio said.
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Almost all Apple devices were exposed to supply chain attacks
Three major vulnerabilities in CocoaPods, a software that simplifies app updates for iOS and macOS devices, went unnoticed for nearly a decade.
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Prudential revises 2.5M customers exposed in Feb breach
American insurance provider Prudential Financial has increased the number of customers whose information may have been exposed during a February breach by millions.
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Japan declares victory in war on floppy disks
The government of the world’s fourth-largest economy has declared victory in an unequal battle against a digital relic from the late 20th century.
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Russians have cloned YouTube: propaganda galore, no viewers
A new Russian video service “Platforma” delivers Kremlin propaganda straight to your smartphones, laptops, and tablets. The problem is that this YouTube clone attracts essentially no viewers.
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Study: nearly 60% of Google searches end with zero clicks
The majority of Google searches end without users actually clicking on results and exploring whatever they were looking for further, a new study has shown.
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Meta's most banned word gets a reprieve from oversight board
Meta has agreed to lift a years-long ban on the Arabic word "shaheed," after the platform's Oversight Board claimed the company was censoring millions of people.
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Arise platforms fined $7M for deceiving online gig workers
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a $7 million action Tuesday taken against the remote customer service platform Arise Virtual Holdings for misleading potential workers about the amount of money they could make on its platform.
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RansomedVC-linked hacker arrested in Bulgaria
Teodor Vanev Iliev was arrested in Bulgaria‘s capital Sofia, over the hacking of multiple state institutions. Cybersecurity experts previously linked the hacker with a cybergang that claimed to have breached Sony, RansomedVC.
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Affirm payment customers compromised in Evolve Bank hack
US fintech Affirm announced on Monday that its customer's information may have been exposed in last week’s cybersecurity attack on Evolve Bank and Trust.
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Croatia’s largest hospital KBC-Zagreb claimed by LockBit
The University Hospital Centre in Zagreb, Croatia has been claimed by the LockBit ransomware group, barely a week after the healthcare organization announced it was hit by a cyberattack last Thursday.
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