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LockBit Hit Italian Tax Agency with Ransomware Attack
LockBit Hit Italian Tax Agency with Ransomware Attack
Italian authorities are investigating claims made by the LockBit ransomware gang that they breached the network of the Italian Internal Revenue Service (L'Agenzia delle Entrate). LockBit claimed that they stole 100 GB of data,...
FBI Seized $500,000 in Crypto Assets from Maui Ransomware Attacks
FBI Seized $500,000 in Crypto Assets from Maui Ransomware Attacks
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced last week the seizure of $500,000 worth of Bitcoin tokens last week from members of a North Korean Maui ransomware operation. The confiscated crypto assets were either paid as ransom...
Construction Company Knauf Hit with Ransomware Attack
Construction Company Knauf Hit with Ransomware Attack
Knauf Gips KG, one of the world’s largest producers of building materials and systems, issued an announcement to customers and partners this week after falling victim to a ransomware attack. Knauf is a family-owned company base...
Neopets Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 69 Million Users
Neopets Data Breach Exposes Personal Information of 69 Million Users
Neopets, the popular website where users own and care for virtual pets, has fallen victim to a data breach. It has exposed the personal information of 69 million users around the globe. News of the data breach first arose on Tu...
RememBear Password Manager has been Discontinued
RememBear Password Manager has been Discontinued
The popular password manager RememBear has been officially discontinued. The company announced on Tuesday that the service will still be available to download and use for existing users until July 18, 2023, but it will no longer b...
Apple Sued in the US Over Apple Pay
Apple Sued in the US Over Apple Pay
Apple has been hit with a lawsuit in the US over its Apple Pay payment system. The tech company is accused of using its market power in the mobile phone industry to mitigate competition from other payment card issuers. The clas...
NFT Platform PREMINT Hacked, Lost $375,000 Worth of Assets
NFT Platform PREMINT Hacked, Lost $375,000 Worth of Assets
Threat actors have hacked the official website of popular non-fungible token (NFT) platform PREMINT and stole $375,000 worth of assets in one of the biggest NFT heists ever recorded. The hackers injected malicious JavaScript co...
Dutch University Recovers Bitcoin Paid in 2019 Ransomware Attack
Dutch University Recovers Bitcoin Paid in 2019 Ransomware Attack
Dutch university Maastricht University (UM) announced earlier this month that it was able to recover the Bitcoin it paid to ransomware operators in 2019 after police successfully traced the cryptocurrency.  UM staff fell for a...
Hospital Websites Found Sending Health Data to Facebook
Hospital Websites Found Sending Health Data to Facebook
A significant number of hospitals were found using a tracking tool to collect and send private patient data to Facebook. According to an investigation last month by The Markup, 33 out of 100 hospitals used the Meta Pixel tracker t...
Private Internet Access Now Offers 50 Servers in 50 US States
Private Internet Access Now Offers 50 Servers in 50 US States
Private Internet Access (PIA), which is one of the top VPNs on the market, has recently launched its 50 Servers in 50 States campaign in an effort "to provide increased convenience and online privacy to citizens" across the countr...