U.S. Treasury Breached By People’s Republic of China (PRC) In ‘Major Incident’ post, december 31, 2024januari 9, 2025 U.S. officials have disclosed a state-sponsored Chinese hacker infiltrated the U.S. Treasury Department’s systems, gaining access to employee workstations and some unclassified documents. The breach, which occurred in early December, was revealed in a letter the Treasury Department sent to lawmakers notifying them of the incident. Continue Reading
North Korean Hackers Pull Off $308M Bitcoin Heist from Crypto Firm DMM Bitcoin post, december 24, 2024februari 24, 2025 Japanese and U.S. authorities have formerly attributed the theft of cryptocurrency worth $308 million from cryptocurrency company DMM Bitcoin in May 2024 to North Korean cyber actors. “The theft is affiliated with TraderTraitor threat activity, which is also tracked as Jade Sleet, UNC4899, and Slow Pisces,” the agencies said. “TraderTraitor activity… Continue Reading
AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records post, juli 14, 2024juli 15, 2024 A security researcher who assisted with the deal says he believes the only copy of the complete dataset of call and text records of “nearly all” AT&T customers has been wiped—but some risks may remain. US telecom giant AT&T, which disclosed Friday that hackers had stolen the call records for tens… Continue Reading
Truist Bank confirms breach after stolen data shows up on hacking forum post, juni 13, 2024juni 14, 2024 Leading U.S. commercial bank Truist confirmed its systems were breached in an October 2023 cyberattack after a threat actor posted some of the company’s data for sale on a hacking forum. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Truist Bank was formed after SunTrust Banks and BB&T (Branch Banking and Trust Company) merged… Continue Reading
Moederbedrijf van Ticketmaster gaat datalek onderzoeken post, juni 1, 2024april 29, 2026 Het moederbedrijf van Ticketmaster bevestigt dat het een datalek gaat onderzoeken. Live Nation Entertainment heeft bij de Amerikaanse beurstoezichthouder SEC gemeld dat het “ongeautoriseerde activiteiten” heeft aangetroffen in een database met voornamelijk gegevens van Ticketmaster. Continue Reading
Kaiser Permanente: Data breach may impact 13.4 million patients post, april 26, 2024februari 24, 2025 Healthcare service provider Kaiser Permanente disclosed a data security incident that may impact 13.4 million people in the United States. Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care consortium and one of the largest nonprofit health plans in the U.S. Continue Reading