Europol takes down hackers who allegedly stole over $100 million in crypto from celebs

Posted on 10/02/2021 by Engadget

Eight men have been arrested in the UK for their role in a spate of hacks on US celebs, per Europol, after the criminals broke into the victims’ phones to steal over $100 million in cryptocurrencies. The suspects, aged 18 to 26, were part of a larger...

Florida city attacked by a hacker trying to poison its drinking water

Posted on 08/02/2021 by Engadget

The FBI is investigating an attempt by an individual or group of hackers to poison a city’s water supply. As reported by Reuters and the Tampa Bay Times, public officials from Oldsmar, Florida, a community located about 25 minutes north of Tampa, sai...

SolarWinds hackers accessed some of the DOJ’s email accounts

Posted on 06/01/2021 by Engadget

More details on the fallout from last month’s SolarWinds hack continue to come out. On Wednesday, the US Department of Justice announced it was also a victim of the attack, which US intelligence agencies said earlier in the week was “likely” carried...

SolarWinds hack may have been much wider than first thought

Posted on 02/01/2021 by Engadget

The scope of the SolarWinds hack keeps growing. The New York Times has conducted interviews indicating that the allegedly Russia-backed campaign was much further-reaching than initially believed. Where the intruders allegedly scouted ‘just’ a few doz...

Secretary of State says Russia is ‘clearly’ behind federal agency hacks

Posted on 19/12/2020 by Engadget

The Trump administration is starting to point fingers after a slew of state-sponsored cyberattacks against US agencies in recent times. According to the Washington Post, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the Mark Levin Show that Russia was “pretty...

State-sponsored hackers have breached the US’ nuclear weapons agency

Posted on 17/12/2020 by Engadget

Foreign hackers have breached the networks of the US Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration, according to separate reports from Politico and Bloomberg. While there aren’t many details on what happened just yet, it’s believ...

Foreign state hackers reportedly breached the US Treasury

Posted on 13/12/2020 by Engadget

Foreign hackers may be running rampant in the US government. Reuters sources said a group backed by a foreign government stole data from the Treasury Department and the internet policy-focused NTIA. While details are still limited, it was reportedly...

iPhone exploit gave hackers control over WiFi without your input

Posted on 02/12/2020 by Engadget

Many security exploits require at least some kind of interaction on your part, but that wasn’t true for an iPhone exploit earlier this year. As Ars Technica reports, Google Project Zero researcher Ian Beer has detailed an iOS 13 exploit that let some...

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