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FCC orders telecom carriers to report PII data breaches within 30 days

Starting March 13th, telecommunications companies must report data breaches impacting customers' personally identifiable information within 30 days, as required by FCC's updated data breach reporting requirements.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 12, 2024
- 04:50 PM
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Americans lost record $10 billion to fraud in 2023, FTC warns

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says Americans lost over $10 billion to scammers in 2023, marking a 14% increase in reported losses compared to the previous year.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 09, 2024
- 10:21 AM
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US offers $10 million for tips on Hive ransomware leadership

The U.S. State Department offers rewards of up to $10 million for information that could help locate, identify, or arrest members of the Hive ransomware gang.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 08, 2024
- 12:59 PM
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Chinese hackers hid in US infrastructure network for 5 years

The Chinese Volt Typhoon cyber-espionage group infiltrated a critical infrastructure network in the United States and remained undetected for at least five years before being discovered, according to a joint advisory from CISA, the NSA, the FBI, and partner Five Eyes agencies.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 07, 2024
- 03:08 PM
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US announces visa ban on those linked to commercial spyware

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announced today a new visa restriction policy that will enable the Department of State to ban those linked to commercial spyware from entering the United States.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 05, 2024
- 03:26 PM
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FBI disrupts Chinese botnet by wiping malware from infected routers

The FBI has disrupted the KV-botnet used by Chinese Volt Typhoon state hackers to evade detection during attacks targeting U.S. critical infrastructure.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 31, 2024
- 12:43 PM
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US charges two more suspects with DraftKing account hacks

The U.S. Department of Justice arrested and charged two more suspects for their involvement in the hacking of almost 68,000 DraftKings accounts in a November 2022 credential stuffing attack.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 30, 2024
- 04:28 PM
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Water services giant Veolia North America hit by ransomware attack

Veolia North America, a subsidiary of transnational conglomerate Veolia, disclosed a ransomware attack that impacted systems part of its Municipal Water division and disrupted its bill payment systems.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 23, 2024
- 04:52 PM
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FTC orders Intuit to stop pushing "free" software that isn't really free

Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ordered Intuit to stop promoting its software products and services as "free" unless they're actually free for all consumers.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 22, 2024
- 04:37 PM
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CISA emergency directive: Mitigate Ivanti zero-days immediately

CISA issued this year's first emergency directive ordering Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to immediately mitigate two Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure zero-day flaws in response to widespread and active exploitation by multiple threat actors.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 19, 2024
- 02:25 PM
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Microsoft: Iranian hackers target researchers with new MediaPl malware

Microsoft says that a group of Iranian-backed state hackers are targeting high-profile employees of research organizations and universities across Europe and the United States in spearphishing attacks pushing new backdoor malware.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 17, 2024
- 03:39 PM
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Nigerian gets 10 years for laundering millions stolen from elderly

A Nigerian man was sentenced on Monday to 10 years and one month in prison for conspiring to launder millions stolen from elderly victims in internet fraud schemes.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 09, 2024
- 06:31 PM
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US charged 19 suspects linked to xDedic cybercrime marketplace

The U.S. Department of Justice announced the end of a transnational investigation into the dark web xDedic cybercrime marketplace, charging 19 suspects for their involvement in running and using the market's services.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 05, 2024
- 04:16 PM
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Hospitals ask courts to force cloud storage firm to return stolen data

Two not-for-profit hospitals in New York are seeking a court order to retrieve data stolen in an August ransomware attack that's now stored on the servers of a Boston cloud storage company.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 29, 2023
- 03:20 PM
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Ohio Lottery hit by cyberattack claimed by DragonForce ransomware

The Ohio Lottery was forced to shut down some key systems after a cyberattack affected an undisclosed number of internal applications on Christmas Eve.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 27, 2023
- 05:11 PM
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First American takes IT systems offline after cyberattack

First American Financial Corporation, the second-largest title insurance company in the United States, took some of its systems offline today to contain the impact of a cyberattack.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 21, 2023
- 02:06 PM
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FBI: Play ransomware breached 300 victims, including critical orgs

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says the Play ransomware gang has breached roughly 300 organizations worldwide between June 2022 and October 2023, some of them critical infrastructure entities.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 18, 2023
- 11:24 AM
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US detains suspects behind $80 million 'pig butchering' scheme

The U.S. Department of Justice charged four suspects (two of them already detained) for their alleged involvement in a pig butchering fraud scheme that resulted in more than $80 million in victim losses.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 14, 2023
- 02:47 PM
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Norton Healthcare discloses data breach after May ransomware attack

Kentucky health system Norton Healthcare has confirmed that a ransomware attack in May exposed personal information belonging to patients, employees, and dependents.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- December 08, 2023
- 06:28 PM
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Navy contractor Austal USA confirms cyberattack after data leak

Austal USA, a shipbuilding company and a contractor for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed that it suffered a cyberattack and is currently investigating the impact of the incident.
- Bill Toulas
- December 06, 2023
- 12:16 PM
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