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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…

2 years ago

US spy agency asked hacker to steal foreign diplomats’ data, journalists claim

The alleged perpetrator, dubbed “Andrew,” stole the “details of thousands of hotel reservations” across Middle Eastern countries, according to a…

3 years ago

The United States is still far and away the single biggest hacker on the planet – Pegasus or no Pegasus

It’s that time of year again. When the world loses it over a spy scandal, it gets endless wall-to-wall coverage,…

3 years ago

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…

3 years ago

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”…

3 years ago

‘Hacker’ targets Florida water facility with poisonous, caustic chemical used in drain cleaners. FBI & Secret Service investigate

The breach on the water facility in Oldsmar, Florida boosted levels of sodium hydroxide in the system by nearly a…

3 years ago

Parler hacker says RELAX, not ALL private information was compromised

Until it was denied web hosting by Amazon and effectively removed from the internet on Monday, Parler was growing in…

3 years ago

Hacker reveals massive Parler data leak: ALL users’ messages, location info and even driver’s licenses may have been exposed

Parler, a social network popular with conservative audiences, was removed from the internet on Monday, after Amazon kicked the site…

3 years ago

Cyber-war on Israel? ‘Iran-linked’ hacker group claims to have breached Israel Aerospace Industries’ servers

The group teased the hack last week by posting a poll, asking users to vote on which Israeli organization had…

3 years ago

Twitter brings in notorious hacker who worked at Google and DARPA months after celebrity megahack

Zatko joined the social media behemoth as head of security on Monday and is expected to take over “key security…

4 years ago