Tag: Hacking

Threat actor says he scraped 49M Dell customer addresses before the company found out

The person who claims to have 49 million Dell customer records — Menelik — told TechCrunch that he brute-forced an online company portal...

Police resurrect Lockbit’s site and troll the ransomware gang

An international coalition of police agencies have resurrected the dark web site of the notorious LockBit ransomware gang, which they had seized earlier...

Change Healthcare cyberattack was due to a lack of multifactor authentication, UnitedHealth CEO says

The Change Healthcare cyberattack that disrupted health care systems nationwide earlier this year started when hackers entered a server that lacked a basic...

Finnish hacker imprisoned for accessing thousands of psychotherapy records and demanding ransoms

HELSINKI -- A Finnish court on Tuesday sentenced a 26-year-old man to six years and three months in prison for hacking thousands of...

Apex Legends hacker says game developers patched exploit used on streamers

Last month, a hacker wreaked havoc during an esports tournament of the popular shooter game Apex Legends, hacking two well-known streamers mid-game to...

Security engineer jailed for 3 years for $12M crypto hacks

Shakeeb Ahmed, a cybersecurity engineer convicted of stealing around $12 million in crypto, was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison. In a...