February 13, 2024 at 11:38AM Hackers exploited a stolen key to steal over $290 million in PLA tokens from the PlayDapp platform. PlayDapp immediately took action, transferring assets, offering a reward to the hacker, and eventually suspending trading. Elliptic reported the hackers’ movement of funds, and suspicions of the North Korean Lazarus Group’s involvement arose … Read more
February 9, 2024 at 04:09PM AnyDesk disclosed details about a recent hacker attack, revealing the breach was discovered in mid-January with initial intrusion occurring in late December 2023. The company confirmed no evidence of malicious software being distributed to customers and is revoking certificates and pushing out software updates. It also enforced a password reset … Read more
January 4, 2024 at 06:42AM Orange Spain experienced a prolonged internet outage due to a hacker attack on January 3. The hacker, known as ‘Snow’, gained control of Orange’s RIPE account, disrupting internet traffic using stolen credentials. Orange confirmed the attack, stating that customer data was not compromised, and the impacted services have been restored. … Read more
December 21, 2023 at 04:21PM Moscow-based water utility company Rosvodokanal has been incapacitated by a cyberattack allegedly conducted by the Ukraine-aligned “Blackjack” group, causing significant damage to its IT infrastructure and resulting in the deletion of over 50TB of data. Ukraine security services are reviewing 1.5TB of exfiltrated data. The attack is seen as retaliation … Read more
December 12, 2023 at 05:30PM Kyivstar, the largest mobile network operator in Ukraine, suffered a massive cyberattack disrupting mobile and internet communications for millions. CEO Oleksandr Komarov attributed the attack to the war with Russia, impacting its IT infrastructure and air raid alert system. The attack is believed to be the largest in the history … Read more
December 4, 2023 at 08:12AM New Relic reported a security breach in which hackers accessed their internal environment through social engineering and using credentials stolen from an employee account. Meeting Key Takeaway: – It has been reported that New Relic experienced a security breach in which hackers accessed an internal environment. This incident was a … Read more
November 4, 2023 at 12:30PM The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged SolarWinds and its chief information security officer (CISO), Timothy Brown, for allegedly misleading investors about cybersecurity practices and risks before the disclosure of a major hacker attack. The SEC claims that SolarWinds’ filings misled investors while Brown knew of specific cybersecurity … Read more
October 18, 2023 at 02:08PM An additional 4.1 million stolen 23andMe genetic data profiles for people in Great Britain and Germany have been leaked by a hacker known as ‘Golem’. The data was obtained through credential stuffing attacks on weak passwords. The hacker claims the stolen data includes genetic information on wealthy individuals and a … Read more