Ferrari customers targeted in ransom-related cyberattack
Ferrari has been targeted by a hacker who is threatening to release data linked to its customers unless the automaker hands over a ransom payment. Ferrari said it’s refusing to…
Two ‘ViLE’ Cybercrime Gang Members Charged With Hacking Federal Law Enforcement Data Portal
Last year, cybercriminals started using a novel tactic to pilfer subscriber data from social media companies: using stolen passwords purchased on the dark web, digital hoods would hack into police…
Cybercrime spiked in 2022 — and this year could be worse
Last year saw a massive spike in cybercrime, with some types of malicious digital activity rising by as much as 87%. It doesn’t bode well — but there were a…
Here Are Some of the Most Hacked States in America, According to the FBI
Photo: Kristi Blokhin (Shutterstock) In 2020, Colorado reported 12,325 cyber incidents to the FBI but a fairly high rate of losses, at $100,663,897. In 2021, the numbers dipped: 10,537 Coloradans…
Reddit Says It Was Hacked But That You Don’t Need to Worry About It. Probably.
Photo: Diego Thomazini (Shutterstock) Reddit says that it was hacked earlier this month, in a security incident that compromised some company data. However, the company says that Redditors have no…
7 Ways the Hive Ransomware Gang Caused Mayhem Before It Got Pwned by the FBI
Image: santima.studio (Shutterstock) Via a sophisticated “cyber stakeout,” the FBI pwned Hive, one of the most prolific and dangerous ransomware gangs on the web. While little is known about who…
Hack involved the data of a nation’s entire population
Hackers are well known to nab customer data held by companies, but obtaining the personal data of pretty much all of the residents of a single nation in one fell…
FBI Blames North Korean Hackers for $100 Million Crypto Heist
Photo: Alexander Khitrov (Shutterstock) The FBI says that cybercriminals connected to the North Korean regime are responsible for an attack on a U.S.-based crypto project, Harmony Protocol, that led to…
T-Mobile suffers massive data breach … again
T-Mobile said on Thursday it has suffered a data breach involving 37 million customer accounts. The mobile carrier discovered the breach on January 5 and took action “within 24 hours.”…
Hackers stole $1.5 million using credit card data bought on the dark web
In what sounds like a movie script, over $1 million was stolen by a group that made use of thousands of credit cards posted for sale on the dark web.…