A hacker was able to gain access to cosmetics company Estee Lauder’s internal system, prompting the makeup and beauty giant to launch an investigation into the incident, it announced on July 18. In a statement, the New York-headquartered company said it had identified the cybersecurity incident, which involved an “unauthorized third party that has gained access to some…
T-mobile Says Data on 37 Million Customers Stolen
BOSTON—The U.S. wireless carrier T-Mobile said Thursday that an unidentified malicious intruder breached its network in late November and stole data on 37 million customers, including addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth. T-Mobile said in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that the breach was discovered on Jan. 5. It said…
Twilio Falls Prey to Hackers: Report
Digital authentication solutions provider Twilio Inc. said a scheme by which outsiders duped employees into handing over their passwords hacked some of its employees’ and customers’ accounts. Twilio became aware of the incident on Aug. 4. “This broad-based attack against our employee base succeeded in fooling some employees into providing their credentials,” Twilio said. “The attackers then used the…
Editor-in-Chief of the National Pulse Suspended by Twitter for Violating Its ‘Hacked Materials’ Policy
The editor-in-chief of The National Pulse, Raheem Kassam, has been suspended by Twitter for violating its “hacked materials” policy after he shared internal emails from Fox News. Early Tuesday morning, the journalist posted a photo on Twitter of an internal email, allegedly from Fox News correspondent Gillian Turner’s inbox, regarding Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s “traceability.” The email…
Ransomware Gang Says It Has Hacked 49ers Football Team
February 14, 2022
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RICHMOND, Va.—The San Francisco 49ers have been hit by a ransomware attack, with cyber criminals claiming they stole some of the football team’s financial data. The ransomware gang BlackByte recently posted some of the purportedly stolen team documents on a dark web site in a file marked “2020 Invoices.” The gang did not make any…
Report: Dozens of El Salvador Journalists, Activists Hacked
MEXICO CITY—Dozens of journalists and human rights defenders in El Salvador had their cellphones repeatedly hacked with sophisticated spyware over the past year and a half, an internet watchdog said Wednesday. Reporting on its latest findings about use of the Israeli firm NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware, the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said it had…
Spyware Found in State Dept Employees’ Phones
The phones of 11 U.S. State Department employees were hacked using technology from Israel’s NSO Group, the world’s most infamous hacker-for-hire company, according to a person familiar with the matter. The information came from someone who is not authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation. The phones belonged to employees located in Uganda and…
Toshiba Unit Hacked by DarkSide, Conglomerate to Undergo Strategic Review
TOKYO/PARIS—A Toshiba Corp unit said it was hacked by the DarkSide ransomware group, overshadowing an announcement of a strategic review for the Japanese conglomerate under pressure from activist shareholders to seek out suitors. Toshiba Tec Corp, which makes products such as bar code printers and is valued at $2.3 billion, was hacked by DarkSide—the group…
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