Browsing: cyber security
GitHub, the popular developer platform owned by Microsoft, confirmed that it had been breached and attackers had stolen data from around 3,800 internal code repositories. The…
President Trump’s eponymous cell phone carrier and smartphone maker, Trump Mobile, is leaking customer data, including postal addresses and email addresses, according to reports. On Tuesday,…
The US cybersecurity agency CISA may have escaped a major security breach, thanks to a bona fide security researcher who identified publicly exposed credentials that allowed…
Open source tools maker Grafana Labs says hackers stole its code and refuses to pay ransom
Grafana Labs, the maker of the popular open-source web visualization software of the same name, confirmed it had been hacked but refused to pay the hackers…
NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people
New York public health provider NYC Health + Hospitals says data breach for months that allowed hackers to steal personal data, medical records and fingerprint scans…
Instructure, the maker of the popular school information portal Canvas, said Tuesday it has “settled” with hackers who breached its systems twice, stole vast amounts of…
US House lawmakers are demanding representatives from twice-hacked education software maker Instructure provide information about the company’s response to cyberattacks that allowed hackers to steal the…
US orders Air Force One travelers to throw away gifts, pins and cellphones after trip to China
President Trump and a delegation of US officials departed Beijing on Friday after two days of high-level talks with the Chinese government, led by President Xi…
A hotel check-in system left a million passports and driving licenses open for anyone to see
A hotel check-in system left more than 1 million customers’ passports, driver’s licenses and selfie verification photos on the open web after a security breach. The…
A spyware researcher exposed Russian government hackers trying to break into Signal accounts
Earlier this year, Donncha Ó Cearbhaill, a security researcher investigating spyware attacks, found himself in an unusual position. For once he was targeted by hackers. “Dear…