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Data firm execs convicted for helping fraudsters target the elderly

A former senior executive and former sales manager of Epsilon Data Management LLC (Epsilon) were convicted of selling data of millions of Americans to perpetrators of mail fraud schemes.
- Bill Toulas
- June 03, 2024
- 06:37 PM
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Collection agency FBCS warns data breach impacts 1.9 million people

Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) is warning 1,955,385 impacted individuals in the United States that the company suffered a data breach after discovering unauthorized access to specific systems in its network.
- Bill Toulas
- April 29, 2024
- 10:23 AM
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AT&T faces lawsuits over data breach affecting 73 million customers

AT&T is facing multiple class-action lawsuits following the company's admission to a massive data breach that exposed the sensitive data of 73 million current and former customers.
- Bill Toulas
- April 03, 2024
- 12:28 PM
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Extended warranty robocallers fined $300 million after 5 billion scam calls

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has announced a record-breaking $299,997,000 fine imposed on an international network of companies for placing five billion robocalls to more than 500 million phone numbers over three months in 2021.
- Bill Toulas
- August 04, 2023
- 10:54 AM
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Millions of Oregon, Louisiana state IDs stolen in MOVEit breach

Louisiana and Oregon warn that millions of driver's licenses were exposed in a data breach after a ransomware gang hacked their MOVEit Transfer security file transfer systems to steal stored data.
- Bill Toulas
- June 16, 2023
- 10:28 AM
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FBI confirms BianLian ransomware switch to extortion only attacks

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) have published a joint advisory to inform organizations of the latest tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) and known indicators of compromise (IOCs) of the BianLian ransomware group.
- Bill Toulas
- May 17, 2023
- 08:45 AM
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US bans sales of Huawei, Hikvision, ZTE, and Dahua equipment

The United States government, through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has banned the sale of equipment from Chinese telecommunications and video surveillance vendor Huawei, ZTE, Hytera, Hikvision, and Dahua due "unacceptable risks to national security".
- Bill Toulas
- November 28, 2022
- 09:18 AM
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US seizes SSNDOB market for selling personal info of 24 million people

SSNDOB, an online marketplace that sold the names, social security numbers, and dates of birth of approximately 24 million US people, has been taken offline following an international law enforcement operation.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 07, 2022
- 07:47 PM
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FBI warns of hackers selling credentials for U.S. college networks

Cybercriminals are offering to sell for thousands of U.S. dollars network access credentials for higher education institutions based in the United States.
- Ionut Ilascu
- May 27, 2022
- 04:26 PM
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REvil ransomware member extradited to U.S. to stand trial for Kaseya attack

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that alleged REvil ransomware affiliate, Yaroslav Vasinskyi, was extradited to the United States last week to stand trial for the Kaseya cyberattack.
- Bill Toulas
- March 10, 2022
- 01:23 PM
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Office 365 phishing attack impersonates the US Department of Labor

A new phishing campaign impersonating the United States Department of Labor asks recipients to submit bids to steal Office 365 credentials.
- Bill Toulas
- January 19, 2022
- 06:00 AM
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Ransom Disclosure Act would give victims 48 hours to report payments

Victims of ransomware attacks in the United States may soon have to report any payments to hackers within 48 hours, as required by a new legislation proposal titled the 'Ransom Disclosure Act'.
- Bill Toulas
- October 06, 2021
- 04:22 AM
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US Supreme Court restricts broad scope of CFAA law

Today, the US Supreme Court restricted the scope of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act after overturning the conviction of a Georgia police officer who searched a police database for money.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 03, 2021
- 06:44 PM
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US declares state of emergency after ransomware hits largest pipeline

After a ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline forced the company to shut down 5,500 miles of fuel pipeline, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a regional emergency declaration affecting 17 states and the District of Columbia.
- Ionut Ilascu
- May 10, 2021
- 09:37 AM
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Gerry - A Font of Gerrymandered Districts to Troll Congress

Meet Gerry, a font made up of gerrymandered districts that can be used to troll congress.
- Lawrence Abrams
- August 01, 2019
- 07:55 PM
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Ransomware Attacks Prompt Louisiana to Declare State of Emergency

Louisiana Governor John Edwards has declared a state of emergency after a wave of ransomware attacks targeted school districts this month. This Emergency Declaration will allow Louisiana state resources and cybersecurity experts to assist local governments in securing their networks.
- Lawrence Abrams
- July 25, 2019
- 04:52 PM
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Google Outage in Eastern U.S. Affecting Gmail, YouTube, and More

Network issues in the eastern part of the United State are causing outages in Google Cloud and the Google Compute Engine and the services that rely on them. This is causing problems connecting and using G Suite, Gmail, YouTube, and even third-party services such as Snapchat and Discord.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 02, 2019
- 06:38 PM
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U.S. Government Systems Will Be 'At Risk for Years to Come'

The future of cybersecurity looks similarly bleak for the US intelligence community. "Nearly all information, communication networks, and systems will be at risk for years to come," the 2019 National Intelligence Strategy reads.
- Candice Lanier
- January 25, 2019
- 09:08 AM
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DHS Issues Emergency Directive to Prevent DNS Hijacking Attacks

The Department of Homeland Security has issued an emergency directive that requires all U.S. agencies that operate a .gov domain or agency-managed domain to audit their DNS records and servers to verify that they are resolving to the right IP addresses. They further require them harden the security related to DNS accounts.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 23, 2019
- 02:21 AM
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New York Privacy Bill Forces Businesses to Disclose Consumer Data Use

A bill known as the "Right to know act of 2019" was proposed by New York State Senator Brad Madison Hoylman on January 9 to amend the general business law so that consumers have the right to request personal information that has been collected by a company and is being disclosed to third-parties.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 15, 2019
- 01:35 PM
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