In a hearing held earlier today, a Seattle judge decided to keep Paige Thompson, the suspect arrested on accusations of hacking Capital One, under custody…
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Capital One Says Hacker Breached Accounts Of 100 Million People; Ex-Amazon Employee Arrested
Capital One said Monday that sensitive financial information—including social security and bank account numbers—from over 100 million people were exposed in a massive data breach that led…
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Telegram Voicemail Hack Used Against Brazil’s President, Ministers
Four suspects have been arrested in Brazil this week for hacking into over 1,000 Telegram accounts, including some owned by Brazilian government officials, such as…
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Russian intelligence ‘targets Tor anonymous browser’
Tor is an anonymous web browser, used by those wishing to access the dark web and avoid government surveillance. It is very popular in Russia.…
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Adult Sites Lack Privacy, Open the Door for Harassment and Tracking
Third-party tracking is rampant on sites like Pornhub, with users’ sexual preferences in full view. An analysis of 22,500 porn sites found that third-party tracking…
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British Airways faces record £183m fine for data breach
The airline, owned by IAG, says it is “surprised and disappointed” by the penalty from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). At the time, BA said…
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‘Silence’ hackers hit banks in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Kyrgyzstan
A group of hackers specialized in attacking banks has hit again, and this time they’ve breached four targets in Asia, respectively in Bangladesh, India, Sri…
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Hacktivist Attacks Dropped By 95% Since 2015
Threat intelligence analysts have long said that hacktivism was dead but new data published by IBM X-Force today confirms the complete collapse of hacktivism scene,…
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Stolen NSA Hacking Tools Were Used In The Wild 14 Months Before Shadow Brokers Leak
One of the most significant events in computer security happened in April 2017, when a still-unidentified group calling itself the Shadow Brokers published a trove…
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Hacker Takes Over 29 IoT Botnets
For the past few weeks, a threat actor who goes online by the name of “Subby” has taken over the IoT DDoS botnets of 29…
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