2+ day, 21+ hour ago   (471+ words) Identity verification firm IDScan said hackers obtained customer data held in its cloud platform following recent reports connecting the company to a database breach exposing scans of some 153 million driver’s licenses. The company confirmed a hack in a notice published…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (389+ words) A Singaporean national pleaded guilty to racketeering charges on Tuesday for his role leading a group of scammers who stole more than $245 million in cryptocurrency. Malone Lam, 22, will appear in U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. on December 8 for more information on…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (360+ words) A Russian web developer who played a role in a multimillion-dollar bank account takeover scheme has been extradited to the U.S. to face an indictment in the case, federal authorities said Tuesday. Sergei Anatolyevich Filimonov, 36, appeared in an Atlanta federal court…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (398+ words) A public, hours-long negotiation between hackers and a cryptocurrency firm on Sunday ended with the attackers keeping $47 million of a $320 million theft as a “reward” for identifying what they said was a bug in the company’s platform. The trading platform…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (357+ words) A cyberattack is causing service issues for the pharmaceutical and healthcare technology company McKesson. The company released a public notice and filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday evening saying it is in the early stages…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (463+ words) Chinese government hackers used tools known as “QScan” and “QTRouter” to breach multiple federal agencies since 2018, the Department of Justice said in announcing the takedown of the platforms on Wednesday. The tools were run by China-based Nanjing Xinjiuwei Network Technology…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (545+ words) The Justice Department accused hackers connected to Iran’s military of breaching employee email accounts connected to the Department of Labor, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and multiple United Nations organizations. The campaign, which started around 2013, also involved accounts connected to…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (281+ words) Two Berlin state ministries have been cut off from the city government’s IT network after authorities discovered a security breach. The affected ministries — one responsible for urban development, construction and housing, and the other for mobility, transport, climate protection and…...