Internet Archive

Internet Archive Hacked, Data Breach Impacts 31 Million Users

Internet Archive’s “The Wayback Machine” has suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole a user authentication database containing 31 million unique records, BleepingComputer reported. News of the breach began circulating Wednesday afternoon after visitors…

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New York Times Source Code Stolen From Exposed GitHub Token

Internal source code and data belonging to The New York Times was leaked on the 4chan message board after being stolen from the company’s GitHub repositories in January 2024, The Times confirmed to BleepingComputer. As first seen by VX-Underground, the…

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An 18-Year-Old Hacker Sentenced To An Indefinite Hospital Order

An 18-year-old hacker who leaked clips of a forthcoming Grand Theft Auto (GTA) game has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order, BBC reported. Arion Kurtaj from Oxford, who is autistic, was a key member of international gang Lapsus$. The…

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23andMe Says Is Aware Of User Data Leak

23andMe has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it is aware of user data from its platform circulating on hacker forums and attributes the leak to a credential-stuffing attack, Bleeping Computer reported. 23andMe is a U.S. biotechnology and genomics firm offering genetic…

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Experts Warn of New Spyware Threat Targeting Journalists

Security experts have warned about the emergence of previously unknown spyware with hacking abilities comparable to NSO Group’s Pegasus that has already been used by clients to target journalists, political opposition figures, and an employee of an NGO, The Guardian…

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Hacking Forum Shuts Down After Administrator Gets Arrested

Last week, the FBI arrested a man alleged to be “Pompompurin,” the administrator of the infamous and popular BreachForums, TechCrunch reported. Days after the arrest, the cybercrime website’s new administrator announced that they are shutting down the forum for good.…

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Europol Announced the Arrest of Two Ransomware Hackers

Eurpol announced in a press release that a coordinated strike between several law enforcement agencies resulted in the arrest in Ukraine of “two prolific ransomware operators known for their extortionate demands (between €5 and €70 million)”. The law enforcement groups…

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