The FBI were able to track down three hackers who pulled off the largest Twitter breach in history because they were ‘extremely sloppy’ with how they moved their Bitcoin transactions around. Graham Ivan Clark, 17, of Tampa, Florida; Nima Fazeli, 22, of Orlando, Florida; and Mason Sheppard, 19, of Bognor Regis, U.K. have all be charged … Read more
Garmin services began to slowly return Monday morning after the company was hacked and allegedly held to ransom by Russian group Evil Corps, who demanded $10 million to restore their operation. Tens of millions of people around the world found the firm’s GPS and fitness-trackers, including those used by runners, cyclists and pilots, down for … Read more
Twitter has come under fire for a security breach which allowed hackers to hijack the accounts of billionaires and powerful politicians – amid fears they could have played havoc with the stock market, messed with elections, or even tried to start a war. Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk were all among … Read more
Hackers used ransomware to take over parts of UC San Francisco’s network and extorted $1.14million in exchange for returning access to their files University of California San Francisco lost control of some of its files in a hack Ransomware was used to encrypt files and UCSF agreed to pay for their return UCSF hasn’t said … Read more
Hackers hijack more than 1,200 Roblox accounts and flood the popular children’s video game with messages supporting Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign A coordinated hacking campaign is filling Roblox with Trump 2020 propaganda More than 1,200 accounts have been affected so far Hacked accounts say, ‘Ask your parents to vote for Trump this year!#MAGA2020’ By Michael … Read more
Spies and hackers can eavesdrop on conversations from 82 feet (25 metres) away by analysing the vibration patterns in a hanging light bulb, a study has found. The ‘lamphone’ technique discovered by security experts from Israel needs only a laptop and gear — including a telescope and sensor — costing less than just £1,000. According … Read more
Chinese and Iranian hackers target personal email accounts of staffers working on presidential campaigns for Joe Biden and Donald Trump, but Google insists there are ‘no signs of compromise’ Google reported attempted attacks on presidential campaign staffers Hackers from China targets the personal emails of Joe Biden staffers While hackers from Iran went after the emails … Read more
Hackers get access to Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 nearly eight months ahead of its expected release after buying an iPhone 11 from a gray market in China with a test version of the operating system installed on it Hackers are celebrating what they called the earliest ever leak of an Apple iOS A full version … Read more
Hackers target developers of online games in an effort to profit off of in-game currency and infect players with malware The hacks affected unnamed developers in South Korea and Taiwan Compromises allowed hackers to sneak malware into ‘game executables’ It also gave hackers access to servers and manipulate in-game currency It’s unclear how many people, … Read more
Nintendo sues hackers who allegedly sell products allowing gamers to play pirated video games on the Switch and Switch Lite Nintendo is taking aim at hackers selling video game pirating kits New lawsuits allege a group called ‘Team Xecuter’ is selling an ‘unauthorized operating system’ and other hacking products A site named in the suit has … Read more