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Source: TribLive If Michael Yackovich had committed his crimes in person, one of his victims wrote, he would have been considered a sexual predator for being a voyeur. But because Yackovich pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit online wire fraud and aggravated identity theft — and not sexual acts

Ukrainian hackers breach Russian combat control system

Source: TechRadar Pro Ukrainian hackers have reportedly breached the Russian Glaz/Groza combat control system, gaining access to data and internal materials linked to the platform. The incident has drawn attention because Groza is used to coordinate reconnaissance, targeting, and battlefield commun

Canadian power utility London Hydro confirms data breach

Source: The Register A Canadian power utility says customer data may have walked out the door during a security incident, but isn't yet saying whether the intruders got anywhere near the systems responsible for keeping the lights on. London Hydro, which distributes electricity to more than 160,000

Israeli hacker who targeted Jewish institutions extradited to U.S.

Source: CTech The 'Ashkelon hacker" - dual American and Israeli citizen Michael Kadar, 27 - was arraigned Jun. 22 in a federal court in Florida, after being extradited to the U.S. from Norway, where he had been detained at the request of the U.S. Justice Department. He traveled to Norway after serv

India’s Tata Electronics hit by cyber breach claiming to expose Apple, Tesla trade secrets

Source: Reuters Tata Electronics said on Jun. 22 it had detected a recent “cybersecurity incident”, after researchers said World Leaks posted purported component design and specification papers of Apple and Tesla, both customers of the Indian group. The ransomware group has posted more than 200,000

Klue hack results in data breach at several cybersecurity firms

Source: TechCrunch A hacking group has taken credit for a breach at Canadian market intelligence provider Klue that allowed hackers to steal reams of data from the company’s corporate customers, which include some of the biggest names in cybersecurity. Vancouver-based Klue, which lets companies con

Two men plead guilty over Transport for London cyberattack

Source: BBC Two men have pleaded guilty to offences in connection with a massive cyberattack which caused Transport for London (TfL) months of disruption and cost the operator £39 million. Thalha Jubair, 20, from east London and Owen Flowers, 18, from Walsall in the West Midlands changed their plea

Hackers suspected to be behind unauthorized alert sent to cell phones across Brazil

Source: CNN An unauthorized alert bearing a mysterious message that was sent to cell phones across Brazil Jun. 20 is suspected to be the work of hackers. Devices lit up with the word “misantropi4,” an alphanumeric spelling of the Portuguese word “misantropia,” which in English translates to “misant

Australian RV dealer suffers alleged cyberattack

Source: cyberdaily.au Southern Design RV is a Ballarat, Victoria-based caravan and RV dealer that sells both new and used Australian-made caravans. It also services, repairs and upgrades existing RVs. The company was listed by a new cybercrime entity calling itself the CMD Organization, which claim

Mount Royal University responding to cyberattack, website down

Source: CBC Mount Royal University in Canada says it's investigating a cyberattack that disrupted its systems on Jun. 17. "When the issue was identified, the university took prompt steps to contain the threat and protect its systems," the university wrote in a post on a separate page from its main

ShinyHunters Data Extortion Group Threatens to Leak 8.8TB of Stolen One Medical Data

Source: The HIPAA Journal One Medical, the Amazon-owned primary care provider, has recently announced a cybersecurity incident in which an unauthorized third party gained access to a third-party file storage system containing archived information for One Medical Seniors patients. Last week, the Shi

Florida's juvenile justice department faces security questions, massive data breach

Source: FOX 35 Orlando A former Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) probation officer is facing 114 felony charges after investigators accused her of using retained access to a court records system to obtain and share sensitive information with members of a drug trafficking organization. C

3M Texans Hit by Cyberattack Tied to Hunting, Fishing Licenses

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Source: Inc. A massive data breach has exposed the personal information of more than 3 million drivers, hunters, and fishers involving the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) license system vendor that handles the sale of hunting and fishing licenses. The hack, detected by Texas Cyber Comman

Massive breach spills credentials for thousands of sensitive networks

Source: arsTECHNICA Researchers have uncovered a massive breach of Fortinet firewalls that has given Russian-speaking attackers near-unrestricted access to some of the world’s largest and most powerful organizations, including Oracle, Chevron, Lenovo, Federal Express, a NATO defense contractor, and

Maine closes data breach portal to the public after fake reports

Source: The Record A widely used data breach reporting portal published by the state of Maine was closed to the public after two fake breach notices were posted. One of the bogus notices appeared last week under the name of a nonexistent VRChat employee and reportedly claimed 2.4 million customers

Kodak confirms data breach as ShinyHunters claims theft of 2.2M records

Source: computing The global photography, print and imaging firm confirmed a data breach in a statement to Bleeping Computer, which said: “Kodak recently discovered that an unauthorized third party temporarily accessed a limited set of company data. We quickly involved external cybersecurity expert

Virginia's Prince George County government hit by cyberattack

Source: WRIC ABC 8 News Prince George County’s government was hit by a cyberattack, with references to the county appearing on “a website associated with cybercriminal activity.” On Jun. 12, Prince George officials announced that the county was experiencing a network outage impacting phone and inte

Peter Thiel’s Super-Secret Society Exposed Through Data Leak

Source: Novara Media A secret society of the world’s elites co-founded by spyware billionaire Peter Thiel has been exposed by hacktivists. Dialog is a private, invitation-only network, co-founded in 2006 by Palantir chairman Thiel and data entrepreneur Auren Hoffman. The organisation holds off-the-

Hackers Publish Knicks and Madison Square Garden Data Online

Source: 404 Media Hackers have published data stolen from Madison Square Garden online for anyone to download, including what they say is customers’ personal information. The group publishing the data is ShinyHunters, which has been responsible for an array of breaches over the years. Before publis

U.S. Orders Anthropic to Suspend Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Access for Foreign Nationals

Source: The Hacker News Anthropic said on Jun. 12 it will "abruptly disable" its most advanced AI models, Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, for all users after the U.S. government ordered it to suspend access to the models for foreign nationals, whether inside or outside the U.S., citing national securi

FBI takes out huge AI-powered phishing service 'Outsider Enterprise'

Source: TechRadar Pro BleepingComputer reports that the FBI has dismantled a major Chinese phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) operation called Outsider Enterprise. The law enforcement agency said it seized multiple administration servers, a Shopify e-commerce storefront, and an account the attackers use

Ukrainian National Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud Conspiracy in Connection with Conti Ransomware

Source: Homeland Security Today Following his extradition from Ireland, Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko, 44, a Ukrainian national, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in connection with a conspiracy to deploy Conti, a ransomware variant that infected more than 1,000 computers and netw

Cybercriminals found a new way to collaborate using Microsoft Teams

Source: The Register Cybercrims deploying DragonForce ransomware appear to have gained access to a major U.S. services company's network, then spent two months up to no good while disguising their command-and-control activities as legitimate Microsoft Teams traffic. Researchers at security firm Sym

Lewis Brisbois Calls Remote Staff to Offices After Cyberattack

Source: Bloomberg Law One of the largest U.S. law firms ordered remote workers back to offices after a cyberattack prompted it to block outside access to internal networks. Los Angeles-based Lewis Brisbois on Jun. 10 told lawyers and staff that all remote and hybrid employees must work from its off

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