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Ex-Amazon Worker Found Guilty in Huge Capital One Hack
- Saturday, 25 June 2022
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Paige Thompson, a former Amazon software engineer, has been found guilty by a federal jury in Seattle of several charges stemming from a 2019 hack of Capital One. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...General Motors Suffers Credential Stuffing Attack
- Monday, 13 June 2022
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General Motors has revealed that it was hit by a credential stuffing attack in April. So reports CPO Magazine.
Read more...Apple Says It Stopped 1.6 Million Risky Apps in 2021
- Monday, 13 June 2022
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Apple has announced that it blocked more than 1.6 million risky apps or app updates from the App Store last year. So reports ZDNet.
Read more...FBI Chief Reveals Thwarted Cyberattack On Children’s Hospital
- Monday, 13 June 2022
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FBI Director Christopher Wray has disclosed that the agency stopped an allegedly Iranian state-sponsored cyberattack that was planned on Boston Children’s Hospital. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...Meta Names First Chief Information Security Officer
- Monday, 13 June 2022
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Facebook parent company Meta has named Guy Rosen as its first-ever chief information security officer. So reports AdWeek.
Read more...Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center Discloses Breach
- Monday, 13 June 2022
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle has revealed a data breach. So reports KOMO News.
Read more...Shields Health Care Group Breach Affects 2 Million
- Monday, 13 June 2022
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About 2 million people in the United States may have had their information exposed after hackers stole data from Shields Health Care Group. So reports Bleeping Computer.
Read more...Mandiant Sees No Evidence of Purported Ransomware Hack
- Monday, 13 June 2022
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Mandiant said that it found no evidence to support LockBit ransomware gang’s claim that it stole data from the Google-acquired cybersecurity company. So reports Bleeping Computer.
Read more...Russian Cyberthreat Has Been a Dud in Ukraine: Experts
- Monday, 13 June 2022
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Russian hackers have wreaked less havoc on Ukraine and its allies than expected, Crowdstrike co-founder Dmitri Alperovitch and Mandiant global intelligence chief Sandra Joyce said at the RSA Conference. So reports Cybersecurity Dive.
Read more...Former Los Angeles Cybersecurity Official Sentenced to Prison
- Monday, 13 June 2022
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The former head of cybersecurity for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for lying to the FBI. So reports The Los Angeles Times.
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