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Doublespeed Phone Farm Has Been Hacked
Source: Futurism Backed by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Doublespeed offers customers a unique service: access to a massive phone farm that could be used to operate hundreds of AI-generated social media accounts. 404 Media reports that Doublespeed has been hacked. This wasn’t just one a
Hackers access classified French police information
Source: Connexion Important police files were recently accessed by hackers, France’s Interior Ministry has confirmed. The full extent of the data breach is not yet known but Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said it mainly relates to files held on France’s wanted persons list and criminal processing
Passenger Ferry Held for Hours After Suspected Russian Hack
Source: Bloomberg European investigators are probing whether Russian military hackers breached computer systems on a vessel owned by MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company SA, the world’s largest container shipping group, according to people familiar with the matter. The ferry, operated by MSC’s Grandi
Cisco says Chinese hackers are exploiting its customers with a new zero-day
Source: TechCrunch Cisco announced hackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in some of its most popular products that allows the full takeover of affected devices and there are no patches available at this time. In a security advisory, Cisco said it discovered a hacking campaign on Dec. 10 t
Russian BlueDelta hackers ran phishing campaign against Ukrainian webmail users
Source: The Record Russian state-backed hackers have run a months-long phishing campaign against users of UKR.NET, a popular Ukrainian webmail and news service, in an effort to harvest credentials and gather intelligence. The operation — active from Ju. 2024 through Apr. 2025 — was attributed to Bl
Ireland: Ombudsman’s office targeted with suspected ransomware attack
Source: RTE.ie The Office of the Ombudsman, a Government office in Dublin, Ireland, has said it is operating on the basis that data may have been taken in a cyberattack on its IT systems. It said that systems have been taken offline to contain the threat of what it described as a financially motiva
US government ‘tech force’ gets backup from Coinbase, Robinhood
Source: Cointelegraph Crypto exchange Coinbase and trading platform Robinhood are among a group of tech companies lending a hand to the U.S. government’s new “Tech Force.” The launch of the Tech Force on Dec. 15 aims to tap the private sector’s talent to plug “critical skills gaps” in the governmen
UK wants Apple Phones to require age verification for any nude images
Source: AppleInsider It is already possible for parents to safeguard their children by restricting their access to age-inappropriate material on an iPhone. But now according to the Financial Times, the UK wants smartphone users to have to verify their age in just the same way it now requires verifi
Small South Carolina city missing public funds after cyberattack, officials say
Source: FOX Carolina The City of Westminster, S.C. learned that portions of its information technology (IT) systems were compromised in a cyberattack. City officials notified the Westminster Police Department, which requested assistance from the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) and th
Texas sues biggest TV makers, alleging smart TVs spy on users without consent
Source: ars TECHNICA Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued five large TV manufacturers, Samsung, LG, Sony, Hisense, and TCL, alleging that their smart TVs spy on viewers without consent. “These companies have been unlawfully collecting personal data through Automated Content Recognition technolog
Auto Parts Retailer LKQ Data Breach Exposes SSNs of 9K+
Source: ClaimDepot LKQ Corporation, a leading global distributor of automotive parts, experienced a significant data breach impacting at least 9,070 individuals across the U.S. The incident exposed personally identifiable information (PII) such as Employer Identification Numbers and Social Security
Pornhub Security Breach Sees Users’ Data Stolen
Source: Newsweek Pornhub, one of the world’s largest adult video platforms, disclosed that a breach at its former third-party analytics provider led to the exposure of historical user activity data for select Premium members. The adult site's breach originated not within its own systems, but in Mix
Prosper data breach affects more than 13M people
Source: The Record More than 13 million people had information accessed by hackers during a security incident involving San Francisco-based fintech company Prosper Marketplace. The company released a statement about the cyberattack last week and has sent notices to several state regulators this mon
SoundCloud data breach exposes millions of emails
Source: Dataconomy SoundCloud confirmed a security breach on its audio streaming platform where threat actors stole a database containing users’ email addresses and public profile information, causing outages and VPN connection issues over the past four days. The stolen data included only email add
Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA suffers cyberattack
Source: Reuters Venezuela's state-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. has been subject to a cyberattack, it said on Dec. 15, adding its operations were unaffected, even though four sources said systems remained down and oil cargo deliveries were suspended. PDVSA and the oil ministry blamed
Beware Of Spiderman-As-A-Service Web Of Attacks
Source: Forbes A new cybercrime kit dubbed Spiderman since it weaves “an extensive web of attacks,” according to Varonis security researchers, has made it incredibly easy for hackers to strike. Through a single interface, threat actors can launch their attack campaigns, steal passwords and 2FA cred
Google to Shut Down Dark Web Monitoring Tool
Source: The Hacker News Google has announced that it's discontinuing its dark web report tool in Feb. 2026, less than two years after it was launched as a way for users to monitor if their personal information is found on the dark web. To that end, scans for new dark web breaches will be stopped Ja
SantaStealer stuffs credentials, crypto wallets into a brand new bag
Source: The Register A new, modular infostealer called SantaStealer, advertised on Telegram with a basic tier priced at $175 per month, promises to make criminals' Christmas dreams come true. It boasts that it can run "fully undetected" even on systems with the "strictest AntiVirus" and those belon
Hacker hijacks Amazon accounts via Kindle ebook
Source: The Times A researcher who hijacked an Amazon account by hacking into a Kindle has warned people about the dangers of downloading ebooks. Valentino Ricotta, an engineering analyst for Thales, the defence and security group, created a “malicious” ebook that enabled him to exploit vulnerabili
FBI Finds 630M Stolen Passwords On Seized Hackers’ Devices
Source: Forbes Troy Hunt, the creator of Have I Been Pwned, has confirmed that the FBI has handed over a staggering list of 630 million compromised passwords to add to the HIBP database of 17 billion compromised accounts. The FBI has been sending Hunt compromised passwords for four years, as uncove