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The news highlights that the fallout from the Evolve data breach on third-party companies — and their customers and users —  is still unclear.

Fintech company Wise says some customers affected by Evolve Bank data breach

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The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1 billion stolen records and rising

Some of the largest, most damaging breaches of 2024 already account for over a billion stolen records.

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The biggest data breaches in 2024: 1 billion stolen records and rising

The company “identified a security incident that involved bad actors targeting a limited number of HubSpot customers and attempting to gain unauthorized access to their accounts” on June 22.

HubSpot says it’s investigating customer account hacks

The remote access giant linked the cyberattack to government-backed hackers working for Russian intelligence, known as APT29.

Remote access giant TeamViewer says Russian spies hacked its corporate network

Fintech-friendly Evolve Bank disclosed a data breach, saying it may have impacted customers and partners.

Startups scramble to assess fallout from Evolve Bank data breach

U.S. prosecutors say the WhisperGate cyberattack was designed to “sow concern” among Ukrainian civil society ahead of Russia’s invasion.

US charges Russian civilian for allegedly helping GRU spies target Ukrainian government systems with data-destroying malware

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Kaspersky resellers deride US government ban: ‘Complete bulls—t’

“It’s just a lot of time lost for nothing,” a U.S.-based Kaspersky reseller told TechCrunch, following the news of a US sales ban.

7:58 am PDT • June 26, 2024
Kaspersky resellers deride US government ban: ‘Complete bulls—t’

Telegram’s founder Pavel Durov says his company only employs around 30 engineers. Security experts say that raises serious questions about the company’s cybersecurity.

Telegram says it has ‘about 30 engineers’; security experts say that’s a red flag

Car dealerships and auto shops around the U.S. enter a second week of disruption following cyberattacks at software maker CDK.

Car dealership outages drag on after CDK cyberattacks

A hacker is advertising customer data allegedly stolen from the Australia-based live events and ticketing company TEG on a well-known hacking forum. On Thursday, a hacker put up for sale…

Hacker claims to have 30 million customer records from Australian ticket seller giant TEG

The U.S. government announced sanctions against 12 executives and senior leaders of the Russia-based cybersecurity giant Kaspersky. In a press release, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets…

US government sanctions Kaspersky executives

U.S. officials imposed the “first of its kind” ban arguing that Kaspersky threatens U.S. national security because of its links to Russia.

US bans sale of Kaspersky software citing security risk from Russia 

A researcher has found a bug that allows anyone to impersonate Microsoft corporate email accounts, making phishing attempts look credible and more likely to trick their targets.  As of this…

Security bug allows anyone to spoof Microsoft employee emails

TechCrunch has learned that the arrested hacker is the alleged leader of the group that masterminded the Twilio hacks in 2022.

UK national accused of hacking dozens of US companies arrested in Spain

Since April, a hacker with a history of selling stolen data has claimed a data breach of billions of records — impacting at least 300 million people — from a…

The mystery of an alleged data broker’s data breach

The security firm said the attacks targeting Snowflake customers is “ongoing,” suggesting the number of affected companies may rise.

Mandiant says hackers stole a ‘significant volume of data’ from Snowflake customers

Privacy watchdogs in the U.K. and Canada have launched a joint investigation into the data breach at 23andMe last year.  On Monday, the U.K,’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the…

UK and Canada privacy watchdogs investigating 23andMe data breach

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What Snowflake isn’t saying about its customer data breaches

As another Snowflake customer confirms a data breach, the cloud data company says its position “remains unchanged.”

6:40 pm PDT • June 7, 2024
What Snowflake isn’t saying about its customer data breaches

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Bangladeshi police agents accused of selling citizens’ personal information on Telegram

Two senior police officials in Bangladesh are accused of collecting and selling citizens’ personal information to criminals on Telegram.

7:00 pm PDT • June 6, 2024
Bangladeshi police agents accused of selling citizens’ personal information on Telegram

Snowflake is the latest company in a string of high-profile security incidents and sizable data breaches caused by the lack of MFA.

Hundreds of Snowflake customer passwords found online are linked to info-stealing malware

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Live Nation confirms Ticketmaster was hacked, says personal information stolen in data breach

Live Nation says its Ticketmaster subsidiary was hacked. A hacker claims to be selling 560 million customer records.

3:13 pm PDT • May 31, 2024
Live Nation confirms Ticketmaster was hacked, says personal information stolen in data breach

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Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps

Using stalkerware is creepy, unethical, potentially illegal, and puts your data and that of your loved ones in danger.

2:05 pm PDT • May 31, 2024
Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps

Japanese crypto exchange DMM Bitcoin confirmed on Friday that it had been the victim of a hack resulting in the theft of 4,502.9 bitcoin, or about $305 million.  According to…

Hackers steal $305M from DMM Bitcoin crypto exchange

Check Point is the latest security vendor to fix a vulnerability in its technology, which it sells to companies to protect their networks.

Zero-day flaw in Check Point VPNs is ‘extremely easy’ to exploit

Chinese EV manufacturers face a new challenge in their pursuit of U.S. customers: a new House bill that would limit or ban the introduction of their connected vehicles. The bill,…

Chinese EV makers, and their connected vehicles, targeted by new House bill

The spyware maker’s founder, Bryan Fleming, said pcTattletale is “out of business and completely done,” following a data breach.

Spyware maker pcTattletale says it’s ‘out of business’ and shuts down after data breach

On Friday, Pal Kovacs was listening to the long-awaited new album from rock and metal giants Bring Me the Horizon when he noticed a strange sound at the end of…

Rock band’s hidden hacking-themed website gets hacked

pcTattletale’s website was briefly defaced and contained links containing files from the spyware maker’s servers, before going offline.

Spyware app pcTattletale was hacked and its website defaced

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Spyware found on US hotel check-in computers

Several hotel check-in computers are running a remote access app, which is leaking screenshots of guest information to the internet.

11:05 am PDT • May 22, 2024
Spyware found on US hotel check-in computers

U.S. cell carrier Patriot Mobile experienced a data breach that included subscribers’ personal information, including full names, email addresses, home ZIP codes and account PINs, TechCrunch has learned. Patriot Mobile,…

Conservative cell carrier Patriot Mobile hit by data breach
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