Tag: hackers

Canadian authorities say they arrested hacker linked to Snowflake data breaches

A hacker suspected of involvement in a series of massive Snowflake-related hacks has been arrested in Canada, according to local authorities. Ian McLeod, a...

US government charges three Iranian hackers with Trump campaign hack

The U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal charges against three hackers working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), accusing the trio of...

Iranian hackers charged with hacking Trump campaign to ‘stoke discord’

The U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal charges against three hackers working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), accusing the trio of...

U.S. government ‘took control’ of a botnet run by Chinese government hackers, says FBI director

Last week, the FBI took control of a botnet made up of hundreds of thousands of internet-connected devices, such as cameras, video recorders,...

Fortinet confirms customer data breach

On Thursday, cybersecurity giant Fortinet disclosed a breach involving customer data.  In a statement posted online, Fortinet said an individual intruder accessed “a limited...

Hacker tricks ChatGPT into giving out detailed instructions for making homemade bombs

If you ask ChatGPT to help you make a homemade fertilizer bomb, similar to the one used in the 1995 Oklahoma City terrorist...