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Hacker demands $250,000 for Verizon info exposed online – media

A hacker has allegedly stolen the employee data of hundreds of Verizon workers, including names, emails, phone numbers, and corporate ID numbers, Motherboard reported on Thursday. The outlet verified the database’s legitimacy by calling several of the numbers included. The hacker claimed to have obtained the data by posing as …

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White House walks back Biden comment on hacker swaps, says he’s willing for US & Russia to punish their own cybercriminals – media

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Sunday that Biden would pledge that US hackers who undertake illegal cyberattacks internationally are held accountable if Russian President Vladimir Putin ensures his country does the same, according to Reuters. He made his comments on a flight to Brussels from the UK, …

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Western media outlets raise familiar Russian hacker bogeyman in ransomware attack that shut down ‘safety risk’ US fuel pipeline

Nearly 100GB of data was stolen from Colonial Pipeline’s network over two hours on Thursday – part of a “double-extortion” scheme that is reportedly the group’s “hallmark,” sources involved in the company’s investigation told Bloomberg on condition of anonymity since the matter “is not public.” The Georgia-based company was then …

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