prediction market giant polymarket Confirmed that hackers stole funds from an unspecified number of users following a third-party breach. In an X post on ThursdayPolymarket said an agreement with a third-party vendor allowed hackers to insert malicious code into its website “for certain users.” The company said it has “contained” the incident and is now…
Google is being sued for dismantling the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced A lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise, which Google says uses AI in its campaigns to send scam text messages impersonating Google and other brands to steal passwords and credit…
Notorious cybercrime group ShinyHunters claims to have hacked Oracle PeopleSoft servers at more than 100 organizations, many of which are universities, a member of ShinyHunters told TechCrunch on Wednesday. there were violations first reported By BleepingComputer. PeopleSoft is enterprise software designed to manage payroll, human resources, administration, and other business operations. The news shows that…
Electronics manufacturing giant Foxconn, which makes devices and components for Apple, Google, Nvidia and Sony among other tech giants, confirmed on Monday that it has been hit by a cyberattack that may have affected some of its factories. In a statement sent to media outlets, Foxconn said the cyberattack affected facilities in North America, and…
The French government agency that handles the issuance and management of citizens’ identity documents, including national IDs, passports and immigration documents, confirmed on Wednesday that it had experienced a data breach. in one AnnouncementThe Agence Nationale des Titres Securices (ANTS) said the data stolen in the breach may have included citizens’ full names, dates and…
nicholas moore, who pleaded guilty A man convicted of hacking the U.S. Supreme Court’s electronic document filing system dozens of times over several months was sentenced to a year of probation on Friday. Moore also hacked the networks of AmeriCorps, a government agency that runs the stipend volunteer program, and the systems of the Department…
A coalition of global law enforcement agencies has sent emails to more than 75,000 alleged cybercriminals who paid for a service that can take websites offline to launch cyberattacks. On Thursday, Europol Coordinated operations announced against multiple distributed denial of service (DDoS) for-hire services that allow criminals to launch cyberattacks without needing any hacking skills,…
FBI announced On Monday it “destroyed” a global phishing operation that reportedly helped hackers target more than 17,000 victims worldwide. The website of the operation, known as W3LL, displayed a notice saying it had been seized by the FBI. The bureau said it worked with Indonesian police in the takedown operation, which resulted in the…
On Wednesday, Russian police arrested the alleged administrator of cybercrime forum Leakbase. According to state-owned news agency TASS. As stated by the US Justice Department, Leakbase was “one of the world’s largest online forums for cybercriminals” to share hacking tools and passwords. Earlier this month, US officials and Europol announced that they have stopped working…
The FBI is investigating a hacker who is suspected of publishing several video games containing malware on the popular PC game store Steam. agency said on friday. In its announcement looking for victims who may have been infected, the FBI listed the following games suspected to be developed by the same cybercriminal over the past…
