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240 GB archive
Japanese car manufacturer Toyota recently confirmed an incident in which customer data was exposed through a security breach at a third-party provider.
A hacker had previously published a 240 GB archive of stolen data on a hacker forum.
The unmasking of the Styx Stealer
Check Point encountered a curious malware case: The security researchers at Check Point Research (CPR) discovered that the developer of the new malware Styx Stealer made a serious mistake during debugging that leaked data from his computer.
Security breach or hysteria?
An alleged hack at data broker National Public Data (NPD) made headlines this week for potentially exposing billions of social security numbers. Real leak or hysteria?
Iran suspected
A few months before the US election, reporters are allegedly leaked internal communications from the Trump team.
Are foreign hackers interfering in the election campaign?
Tragedy following Ransomware Attack
A Swiss farmer has become the target of a hacker attack that not only paralyzed his computer systems but also had fatal consequences for one of his animals.
FBI investigates
The US security company KnowBe4 has revealed on its blog that it unknowingly hired a North Korean hacker. Company founder and CEO Stu Sjouwerman describes the incident as a “lesson”.
Old or new leak?
A hacker calling himself “Emo” claims to have stolen sensitive data from the popular project management tool Trello.
Sp1d3rHunters
The threat actor Sp1d3rHunters is already leaking more data, as shown by darknet analyses from Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence.
Who is to blame?
Almost 180,000 Shopify customer records appeared on a well-known hacker forum, but the e-commerce provider denies any responsibility for the security breach.
IT security researchers also threatened and harassed
In the extortion campaign against Snowflake customers, cybercriminals are demanding ransom payments of between 300,000 and 5 million US dollars from up to 10 companies. This is reported by security experts investigating the attacks.