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Ransomware attack forces London hospitals to cancel services
The National Health Services (NHS) of England says several major hospitals in London were forced to divert patients and cancel services on Tuesday in the wake of an ongoing cyberattack on a third-party lab provider.
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Technical glitch behind 99% drop in Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway stock
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) shocked some investors with stock price drops as large as 99% in Berkshire Hathaway’s case on Monday. However, the incorrect prices were displayed due to a technical issue, the NYSE explained.
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“Tom Cruise” undermining Paris Olympics in Russian deepfake
Telegram channels that typically blast pro-Kremlin propaganda are aggressively promoting a tantalizing faux documentary called “Olympics Has Fallen.” Resembling the 2013 action hit “Olympus Has Fallen,” the feature-length production is filled with AI-generated trickery, mimicking Tom Cruise’s voice to condemn the International Olympic Committee. It’s just one of many tricks to sow fear.
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Clevo gaming laptop-maker claimed by RansomHub ransomware gang
Clevo, a leading manufacturer of customizable gaming laptops, was claimed Monday by RansomHub, the cybercriminal gang recently involved in publishing stolen data from UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare hack.
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Millions of Americans’ home addresses allegedly exposed
Billions of personal records on millions of Americans may soon end up on the internet as attackers are planning to leak info stolen from a background check and person lookup and verification company.
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The CyberBunker’s underground facility in Germany is up for sale
A Cold War-era bunker, built by the German military and later used by cybercrime ring CyberBunker to power the dark web, is now for sale.
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Major German party CDU hit with cyberattack
The Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) has suffered a “serious” cyberattack, Germany’s Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) confirmed.
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Ticketmaster breach confirmed, third party blamed
Live Nation has confirmed that its subsidiary Ticketmaster suffered a data breach, as revealed by the regulatory filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Researchers warn that this is part of a larger hack affecting cloud service provider Snowflake.
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Cloud provider Snowflake distances itself from Ticketmaster breach
More details surrounding the Ticketmaster attack have come to light as cloud storage provider Snowflake says no breach of its systems took place. At the same time, the cloud provider confirmed that attackers are targeting its customers using purchased credentials.
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Spanish police probe DGT hack, millions of driver's info exposed
The personal information of millions of Spanish drivers was allegedly posted on a popular hacker forum causing police to launch an investigation into a possible hack of Spain’s Directorate-General of Traffic (DGT).
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People in the UK can now sign up for Neuralink trials
Elon Musk’s Neuralink, the neurotechnology company specializing in implantable brain-computer interfaces, has announced the opening of its patient registry in the UK
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New Pegasus spying cases found in Eastern Europe
CitizenLab and Access Now have found traces of the infamous Pegasus spyware on the phones of seven Russian and Belarusian independent journalists and activists across Europe.
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Data of 30M Santander customers for sale, ShinyHunters take the spotlight
Two weeks after Santander Bank announced a cybersecurity incident, ShinyHunters, a notorious threat actor, has posted data for sale on BreachForums, an illicit marketplace. The breach allegedly affects 30 million customers from Spain, Chile, and Uruguay.
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TikTok to give independent copy of core algorithm to US
Sources say TikTok is working on a clone of its recommendation algorithm that could result in a version of the short video app that operates independently for the 170 million TikTok users in the United States, according to an exclusive report by Reuters.
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Ticketmaster hit with class action suit over massive data breach
A California law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against Ticketmaster and parent company Live Nation Entertainment on behalf of hundreds of millions of consumers caught up in a massive data breach of the live music ticketing giant, claimed by hackers earlier this week.
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BBC employees exposed after pension scheme hack
Current and former BBC employees had their details exposed after a data breach impacted the organization’s pension scheme, The Guardian reported.
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Colossal Ticketmaster leak appears legit, millions affected
The alleged Ticketmaster breach of “absolutely massive” proportions, exposing 560 million customers, appears to contain authentic data, researchers say. Authorities have approached Ticketmaster to “understand” the incident.
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Okta’s shared login access system attacked
Okta has sounded alarms over attackers targeting its cross-origin authentication feature in Customer Identity Cloud (CIC), the company‘s management and authentication service.
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Major malware droppers disrupted, four suspects arrested – Europol
Operation Endgame, which Europol dubbed the largest anti-botnet operation, has resulted in multiple arrests, the shutdown of hundreds of servers, and the seizure of thousands of domains.
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Seattle's 27 public libraries knocked out in ransomware attack
The entire Seattle Public Library system is still reeling after a Memorial Day weekend ransomware attack disrupted access to technology services across the city’s 27 individual branches
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