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US defense contractor who sold hacking tools to Russian broker ordered to pay $10 million to former employers
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Peter Williams, a veteran cybersecurity executive who headed the hacking and surveillance technology division of US defense contractor L3Harris, has been ordered to pay $10 million…
On Tuesday, education technology giant Instructure disclosed a data breach where hackers stole students’ private information, including their names, personal email addresses and messages sent between…
Regular internet users and companies aren’t the only victims of malicious hackers. Sometimes, hackers themselves get hacked. This happened in an unusual hacking campaign where an…
AI assessment startup Braintrust confirms breach, tells each client to rotate sensitive keys
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AI evaluation startup Braintrust has urged customers to revoke and replace their API keys after a previous breach of client secrets. According to an email sent…
Education tech giant Instructure has confirmed data breach affecting students’ personal information. Hacking and extortion gang ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for the breach. The hackers claim to…
Hacktivists have claimed responsibility for taking down the public infrastructure of the popular Linux Ubuntu operating system distribution, as well as Canonical, the company that develops…
Paragon is not cooperating with Italian authorities investigating spyware attacks, the report said
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Last year, WhatsApp and Apple notified several people in Italy, including journalists and activists, that they had been targeted by government spyware. In particular, WhatsApp pointed…
A man accused of conducting cyberattacks on behalf of the Chinese government has been extradited to the United States and faces more than a decade in…
Yet another government spyware maker has been arrested after its customers used fake Android apps to install the surveillance software on targets, according to a new…
Angelo Martino, a former ransomware negotiator, has pleaded guilty to helping cybercriminals blackmail companies in cyberattacks. On Monday the US Department of Justice was announced the…