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…
on weekends, hackers stole Over $290 million in cryptocurrencies from Kelp DAO, a protocol that allows users to earn returns on passive crypto investments. By Monday, LayerZero, one of the projects affected by the hack, accused North Korea of carrying out the heist. This hack is the biggest crypto theft of the year so far…
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…
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…
An unidentified foreign hacker broke into the FBI’s field office in New York in 2023 and compromised files related to the bureau’s investigation of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. According to Reuters. The newswire cited a source familiar with the breach as well as court documents and reported that the hack took advantage of a server…
Hackers have reportedly breached the FBI’s network. Citing an unnamed source on Thursday, CNN reported The breach affected a system used to manage wiretaps and foreign intelligence surveillance warrants. “The FBI identified and addressed suspicious activities on FBI networks, and we have leveraged all technical capabilities to respond,” a spokesperson for the bureau told TechCrunch,…
The data breach affecting blockchain-based lending giant Figma has affected nearly one million customers, according to a security researcher. last week, Chitra confirms data breach Hackers were allowed to steal a “limited number of files” from its systems. The company did not disclose what type of data was stolen nor did it say how many…
Blockchain-based lending company Figure Technology confirmed that it has experienced a data breach. on friday, Shape Spokeswoman Alethea Zadick told TechCrunch in a statement that the breach arose when an employee was tricked with a social engineering attack that allowed hackers to steal a “limited number of files.” The statement said the company “stands with…
