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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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Billion-dollar botnet busted for pandemic fraud, child exploitation
US Department of Justice (DoJ) officials announced the bust-up of a multi-billion dollar cybercriminal botnet ring on Wednesday – a malicious international network that FBI director Christopher Wray said is “likely the world’s largest botnet ever.”
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New North Korean attacker group fakes tank games
Microsoft has identified a novel North Korean state-sponsored attacker group, Moonstone Sleet, which targets organizations for financial and espionage goals.
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Shell’s customer data claimed to be leaked
Private data allegedly belonging to around 80,000 of Shell’s customers has been found on a hacker forum. Shell claims the company is not the owner of the data.
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US sanctions cybercrime network operating residential proxy botnet service
The 911 S5 service, a residential proxies as a service (RPAAS) platform, leverages residential IP addresses to anonymize malicious traffic and evade detection. This is obviously illegal, and now, the US has imposed sanctions on the network.
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Cooler Master breached, members exposed
Cooler Master, a popular computer hardware maker, has suffered from a data breach, exposing the company’s corporate data as well as the personal details of members from its fan-based members program.
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Toshiba email compromise reveals Social Security numbers
The American subsidiary of Toshiba, Toshiba America Business Solutions (TABS), experienced an email compromise that allowed an unauthorized actor to access personal information and Social Security numbers.
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Millions download apps with banking malware from Google Play
Over 90 malicious Android applications have been found on the Google Play store, garnering several millions of installs combined, researchers discovered.
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Hackers claim Ticketmaster in attempt to boost revived forum’s popularity
ShinyHunters cybercrime ring, which is rebooting the infamous illicit marketplace BreachForums after its seizure by the FBI, has posted claims about a very large breach affecting Ticketmaster. However, some analysts speculate that the alleged sale of 560 million customers' data may be a PR stunt.
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