Ransomware attackers are now using triple extortion tactics
Attackers are not only demanding ransom from organizations, but also threatening their customers, users and other third parties.
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Apple Execs Chose to Keep a Hack of 128 Million iPhones Quiet
Emails from the Epic Games lawsuit show Apple brass discussing how to handle a 2015 iOS hack. The company never directly notified affected users.
Negotiations fail, threat actors dump more data from Metropolitan Police D.C.
Hackers stole more than 250 GB of data from Metropolitan Police D.C. Now they are threating to dump the data in public as negotiations fail.
Data leak implicates over 200,000 people in Amazon fake product review scam
An open database has revealed the identities of over 200,000 individuals who appear to be involved in Amazon fake product review schemes. Names, email addresses, and PayPal details were exposed and left online.
Facebook Had Years to Fix the Flaw That Leaked 500M Users’ Data
At issue is Facebook’s “content importer,” a feature that combs a user’s address book to find people they know who also use Facebook. Many social networks and communication apps offer some version of this as a sort of social lubricant. But Facebook’s contact import tool in particular has had a number of known problems, and supposed fixes, over the years.
Facebook faces ‘mass action’ lawsuit in Europe over 2019 breach
Facebook is to be sued in Europe over the major leak of user data that dates back to 2019 but which only came to light recently after information on more than 533 million accounts was found posted for free download on a hacker forum.
Irish DPC probes whether Facebook data leak falls under GDPR time frame
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is probing whether any of the data records of 533 million Facebook users published over the weekend were leaked after the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Data on 533 million Facebook users leaked on hacking forum
A threat actor has published the phone numbers and account details for an estimated 533 million Facebook users —about a fifth of the entire social network’s user pool— on a publicly accessible cybercrime forum.
Software vendors would have to disclose breaches to U.S. government users under new order
A planned Biden administration executive order will require many software vendors to notify their federal government customers when the companies have a cybersecurity breach.
Dutch privacy watchdog fines Booking.com €475K
Hotel booking site Booking.com got hit with a €475,000 fine for being late to report a data breach, the company’s lead EU privacy regulator announced Wednesday.
Credit Card Hacking Forum Gets Hacked, Exposing 300,000 Hackers’ Accounts
Credit card hacking forum Carding Mafia is the latest victim of the age-old hackers on hackers crime.
Another Court Dismisses Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit for Lack of Standing
Former guests of Marriott hotels, sued Marriott in connection with a data breach affecting over 5 million guests, but the Court dismissed plaintiff’s claims for lack of standing.