#hackincidents — Public Fediverse posts

Gizmodo: The SolarWinds Hack Was More Humiliating for the Government Than We Thought. “The SolarWinds attack in 2020 was a humiliating all-out assault on U.S. government cybersecurity, and it’s likely that one key reason it’s not more famous is that we still know very little about what the hackers achieved. But we now have a few more crumbs to work with, because new revelations from […]

Gizmodo: The SolarWinds Hack Was More Humiliating for the Government Than We Thought. “The SolarWinds attack in 2020 was a humiliating all-out assault on U.S. government cybersecurity, and it’s likely that one key reason it’s not more famous is that we still know very little about what the hackers achieved. But we now have a few more crumbs to work with, because new revelations from […]

Gizmodo: The SolarWinds Hack Was More Humiliating for the Government Than We Thought. “The SolarWinds attack in 2020 was a humiliating all-out assault on U.S. government cybersecurity, and it’s likely that one key reason it’s not more famous is that we still know very little about what the hackers achieved. But we now have a few more crumbs to work with, because new revelations from […]

Gizmodo: The SolarWinds Hack Was More Humiliating for the Government Than We Thought. “The SolarWinds attack in 2020 was a humiliating all-out assault on U.S. government cybersecurity, and it’s likely that one key reason it’s not more famous is that we still know very little about what the hackers achieved. But we now have a few more crumbs to work with, because new revelations from […]

Gizmodo: The SolarWinds Hack Was More Humiliating for the Government Than We Thought. “The SolarWinds attack in 2020 was a humiliating all-out assault on U.S. government cybersecurity, and it’s likely that one key reason it’s not more famous is that we still know very little about what the hackers achieved. But we now have a few more crumbs to work with, because new revelations from […]

TechCrunch: Kash Patel’s clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked. “The merchandise website of FBI director Kash Patel was taken offline on Friday after reports that it had been hijacked by hackers trying to infect visitors with malware, as first reported by Straight Arrow News.”

TechCrunch: Kash Patel’s clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked. “The merchandise website of FBI director Kash Patel was taken offline on Friday after reports that it had been hijacked by hackers trying to infect visitors with malware, as first reported by Straight Arrow News.”

TechCrunch: Kash Patel’s clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked. “The merchandise website of FBI director Kash Patel was taken offline on Friday after reports that it had been hijacked by hackers trying to infect visitors with malware, as first reported by Straight Arrow News.”

TechCrunch: Kash Patel’s clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked. “The merchandise website of FBI director Kash Patel was taken offline on Friday after reports that it had been hijacked by hackers trying to infect visitors with malware, as first reported by Straight Arrow News.”

TechCrunch: Kash Patel’s clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked. “The merchandise website of FBI director Kash Patel was taken offline on Friday after reports that it had been hijacked by hackers trying to infect visitors with malware, as first reported by Straight Arrow News.”

TechCrunch: NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people. “New York public health provider NYC Health + Hospitals says a months-long data breach that allowed hackers to steal personal data, medical records, and fingerprints scans affects at least 1.8 million people.”

TechCrunch: NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people. “New York public health provider NYC Health + Hospitals says a months-long data breach that allowed hackers to steal personal data, medical records, and fingerprints scans affects at least 1.8 million people.”

TechCrunch: NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people. “New York public health provider NYC Health + Hospitals says a months-long data breach that allowed hackers to steal personal data, medical records, and fingerprints scans affects at least 1.8 million people.”

TechCrunch: NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people. “New York public health provider NYC Health + Hospitals says a months-long data breach that allowed hackers to steal personal data, medical records, and fingerprints scans affects at least 1.8 million people.”

TechCrunch: NYC Health + Hospitals says hackers stole medical data and fingerprints during breach affecting at least 1.8 million people. “New York public health provider NYC Health + Hospitals says a months-long data breach that allowed hackers to steal personal data, medical records, and fingerprints scans affects at least 1.8 million people.”

The Register: Nobody believes the ‘criminals and scumbags’ who hacked Canvas really deleted stolen student data. “‘We received digital confirmation of data destruction (shred logs),’ Instructure assured the nearly 9,000 affected universities and K-12 schools. ‘We have been informed that no Instructure customers will be extorted as a result of this incident, publicly or otherwise.’ Not a single […]

The Register: Google users fight for refunds as unauthorized API usage bills soar. “Several Google Cloud customers say their API keys have been compromised and used by bad actors to run inferencing workloads using the most expensive video and picture models, leaving them with bills for tens of thousands of dollars and weeks of back-and-forth headaches with the Chocolate Factory as they tried to […]

The Register: Google users fight for refunds as unauthorized API usage bills soar. “Several Google Cloud customers say their API keys have been compromised and used by bad actors to run inferencing workloads using the most expensive video and picture models, leaving them with bills for tens of thousands of dollars and weeks of back-and-forth headaches with the Chocolate Factory as they tried to […]

The Register: Google users fight for refunds as unauthorized API usage bills soar. “Several Google Cloud customers say their API keys have been compromised and used by bad actors to run inferencing workloads using the most expensive video and picture models, leaving them with bills for tens of thousands of dollars and weeks of back-and-forth headaches with the Chocolate Factory as they tried to […]

The Register: Google users fight for refunds as unauthorized API usage bills soar. “Several Google Cloud customers say their API keys have been compromised and used by bad actors to run inferencing workloads using the most expensive video and picture models, leaving them with bills for tens of thousands of dollars and weeks of back-and-forth headaches with the Chocolate Factory as they tried to […]

The Register: Google users fight for refunds as unauthorized API usage bills soar. “Several Google Cloud customers say their API keys have been compromised and used by bad actors to run inferencing workloads using the most expensive video and picture models, leaving them with bills for tens of thousands of dollars and weeks of back-and-forth headaches with the Chocolate Factory as they tried to […]

Associated Press: Google disrupts hackers using AI to exploit an unknown weakness in a company’s digital defense. “Google said Monday that it had disrupted a criminal group’s attempt to use artificial intelligence to exploit another company’s previously unknown digital vulnerability, adding to heightened worries across government and private industry about AI’s risks for cybersecurity.”

Associated Press: Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas educational platform. “The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle of finals.”

Tom’s Hardware: College student hacks Taiwan high-speed rail line with software defined radios, stopping four trains — 19 years without crypto key rotation ends in predictable result as hacker sails through 7 layers of protection. “The event brought four trains to a standstill for 48 minutes until the situation was verified as a false alarm, with reportedly no hard stops executed. Lin, the […]

Associated Press: Canvas system is online after a cyberattack disrupted thousands of schools. “Tens of thousands of students studying for final exams around the world Friday regained access to a key online learning system after a cyberattack had earlier knocked it offline, throwing schools and universities into turmoil.”

Associated Press: Canvas system is online after a cyberattack disrupted thousands of schools. “Tens of thousands of students studying for final exams around the world Friday regained access to a key online learning system after a cyberattack had earlier knocked it offline, throwing schools and universities into turmoil.”

Associated Press: Canvas system is online after a cyberattack disrupted thousands of schools. “Tens of thousands of students studying for final exams around the world Friday regained access to a key online learning system after a cyberattack had earlier knocked it offline, throwing schools and universities into turmoil.”

Associated Press: Canvas system is online after a cyberattack disrupted thousands of schools. “Tens of thousands of students studying for final exams around the world Friday regained access to a key online learning system after a cyberattack had earlier knocked it offline, throwing schools and universities into turmoil.”

Associated Press: Canvas system is online after a cyberattack disrupted thousands of schools. “Tens of thousands of students studying for final exams around the world Friday regained access to a key online learning system after a cyberattack had earlier knocked it offline, throwing schools and universities into turmoil.”

The Register: French prosecutors link 15-year-old to mega-breach at state’s secure document agency. “French prosecutors say police detained a 15-year-old on April 25 over the alleged theft of millions of records from France Titres (ANTS), the agency handling secure documents.”

NOTUS: A Hacker Stole Thousands From Cory Booker’s Senate Campaign. “A hacker stole more than $3,000 from Sen. Cory Booker’s reelection committee, according to a federal filing reviewed by NOTUS. The $3,092 unauthorized charge to American Express by an unknown person took place on Dec. 17, Booker’s campaign told the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday.”

NOTUS: A Hacker Stole Thousands From Cory Booker’s Senate Campaign. “A hacker stole more than $3,000 from Sen. Cory Booker’s reelection committee, according to a federal filing reviewed by NOTUS. The $3,092 unauthorized charge to American Express by an unknown person took place on Dec. 17, Booker’s campaign told the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday.”

NOTUS: A Hacker Stole Thousands From Cory Booker’s Senate Campaign. “A hacker stole more than $3,000 from Sen. Cory Booker’s reelection committee, according to a federal filing reviewed by NOTUS. The $3,092 unauthorized charge to American Express by an unknown person took place on Dec. 17, Booker’s campaign told the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday.”

The Register: Have I Been Pwned claims Pitney Bowes hit by 8.2M email address leak . “Data breach tracker Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) confirmed the breach on April 27, with 8.2 million unique email addresses included in the dump alongside names, phone numbers, and physical addresses. A smaller subset of the entire data trove pertained to company employment records, which included job titles.”

The Register: Have I Been Pwned claims Pitney Bowes hit by 8.2M email address leak . “Data breach tracker Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) confirmed the breach on April 27, with 8.2 million unique email addresses included in the dump alongside names, phone numbers, and physical addresses. A smaller subset of the entire data trove pertained to company employment records, which included job titles.”

The Register: Have I Been Pwned claims Pitney Bowes hit by 8.2M email address leak . “Data breach tracker Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) confirmed the breach on April 27, with 8.2 million unique email addresses included in the dump alongside names, phone numbers, and physical addresses. A smaller subset of the entire data trove pertained to company employment records, which included job titles.”

The Register: Have I Been Pwned claims Pitney Bowes hit by 8.2M email address leak . “Data breach tracker Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) confirmed the breach on April 27, with 8.2 million unique email addresses included in the dump alongside names, phone numbers, and physical addresses. A smaller subset of the entire data trove pertained to company employment records, which included job titles.”

The Register: Have I Been Pwned claims Pitney Bowes hit by 8.2M email address leak . “Data breach tracker Have I Been Pwned (HIBP) confirmed the breach on April 27, with 8.2 million unique email addresses included in the dump alongside names, phone numbers, and physical addresses. A smaller subset of the entire data trove pertained to company employment records, which included job titles.”

Maryland Matters: Maryland property search tool is back online, nearly two weeks after cyber attack. “Maryland’s property ownership database is back online as of Monday after a nearly two-week hiatus because of a cybersecurity incident. After state officials detected suspicious activity on their servers, they took down the state officials took the State Department of Assessments and Taxation […]

Bleeping Computer: Home security giant ADT data breach affects 5.5 million people. “The ShinyHunters extortion group stole the personal information of 5.5 million individuals after breaching the systems of home security giant ADT earlier this month, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned.”

Maryland Matters: Maryland property search tool goes offline after cyber threat. “Maryland’s online property records database has been offline for nearly a week following a cybersecurity breach, according to a statement from the State Department of Assessments and Taxation. State officials believe that compromised systems only included public records that users could already find on the SDAT […]

Ars Technica: Man with @ihackedthegovernment Instagram account tells judge, “I made a mistake”. “A 25-year-old Tennessee man avoided prison time after pleading guilty to accessing government systems with stolen login credentials and boasting of the deed on an Instagram account with the handle, @ihackedthegovernment.”

Reuters: Exclusive-Russia-linked hackers compromised scores of Ukrainian prosecutors’ email accounts, data shows. “Russia-linked hackers broke into more than 170 email accounts belonging to prosecutors and investigators across Ukraine during the last several months, according to data reviewed by Reuters, a campaign that shows how Moscow’s spies are keeping tabs on the Ukrainian officials […]

Reuters: Exclusive-Russia-linked hackers compromised scores of Ukrainian prosecutors’ email accounts, data shows. “Russia-linked hackers broke into more than 170 email accounts belonging to prosecutors and investigators across Ukraine during the last several months, according to data reviewed by Reuters, a campaign that shows how Moscow’s spies are keeping tabs on the Ukrainian officials […]

Reuters: Exclusive-Russia-linked hackers compromised scores of Ukrainian prosecutors’ email accounts, data shows. “Russia-linked hackers broke into more than 170 email accounts belonging to prosecutors and investigators across Ukraine during the last several months, according to data reviewed by Reuters, a campaign that shows how Moscow’s spies are keeping tabs on the Ukrainian officials […]

Reuters: Exclusive-Russia-linked hackers compromised scores of Ukrainian prosecutors’ email accounts, data shows. “Russia-linked hackers broke into more than 170 email accounts belonging to prosecutors and investigators across Ukraine during the last several months, according to data reviewed by Reuters, a campaign that shows how Moscow’s spies are keeping tabs on the Ukrainian officials […]

Reuters: Exclusive-Russia-linked hackers compromised scores of Ukrainian prosecutors’ email accounts, data shows. “Russia-linked hackers broke into more than 170 email accounts belonging to prosecutors and investigators across Ukraine during the last several months, according to data reviewed by Reuters, a campaign that shows how Moscow’s spies are keeping tabs on the Ukrainian officials […]

The Register: Iran cyber actors disrupting US water, energy facilities, FBI warns. “Iranian-affiliated actors have escalated intrusions targeting critical US water and energy facilities, in some cases disrupting operations, the FBI and American cyber defense agencies said on Tuesday.”

The Register: Iran cyber actors disrupting US water, energy facilities, FBI warns. “Iranian-affiliated actors have escalated intrusions targeting critical US water and energy facilities, in some cases disrupting operations, the FBI and American cyber defense agencies said on Tuesday.”

The Register: Iran cyber actors disrupting US water, energy facilities, FBI warns. “Iranian-affiliated actors have escalated intrusions targeting critical US water and energy facilities, in some cases disrupting operations, the FBI and American cyber defense agencies said on Tuesday.”