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How victims of the PowerSchool data breach helped each other investigate the ‘massive’ hack
On January 7, at 11:10 p.m. in Dubai, Romy Backus received an email from education technology giant PowerSchool notifying her that the school she works at…
US prosecutors have formally linked the arrest of an active-duty US Army soldier in December to a massive theft of US phone records from AT&T and…
The malware stole internal PowerSchool passwords from the compromised engineer’s computer
A cyber attack and data breach at US tech giant PowerSchool discovered on December 28 threatens to expose the personal data of tens of millions of…
US government prepares to launch Cyber Trust Mark program for internet-connected devices in 2025
The U.S. government announced Tuesday that its long-awaited cybersecurity labeling program for consumer Internet-connected devices will begin in 2025. The Biden administration first introduced the US…
Treasury Department sanctions hacking group Salt Typhoon behind breaches of major US telecommunications companies
The US government has announced sanctions against a Chinese organization linked to Salt Typhoon, the hacking group responsible for the largest telecommunications hack in US history.…
Change Healthcare, the UnitedHealth-owned health technology company that lost more than 100 million sensitive health data in a ransomware attack last year, said Tuesday that the…
Clop ransomware gang names dozens of victims hit by massive Cleo hack, but several companies dispute breaches
Prolific ransomware gang Clop has named dozens of corporate victims it claims to have hacked in recent weeks after exploiting a vulnerability in several popular business…
On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss the dangers of commercial spyware, marking the first time this type of software — also known…
PowerSchool data breach victims say hackers stole ‘all’ of their historical student and teacher data
U.S. school districts affected by the recent cyber attack on tech giant PowerSchool told TechCrunch that the hackers had access to “all” of the historical student…
Security researchers say malicious hackers are exploiting a recently discovered vulnerability in Fortinet’s firewalls to infiltrate enterprise and corporate networks. In one advisory issued on Tuesdaysecurity…