They are hooded cyber criminals in dark basements trying to crack your bank account PIN. They are insidious Russians stealing elections from offshore IP addresses. These are typically what we associate with hackers, but Ryan Montgomery, also dubbed 0day, is different. He is what’s called a white hat hacker, or ethical hacker. The 29-year-old cyber…
‘White Hat Hacker’ Uses Cyber Skills to Dismantle Child Predator Network, Bring Sickos to Justice
Russian National Charged for Alleged Ransomware Extortion From US, Foreign Businesses
A Russian hacker has been arrested and charged for allegedly deploying malicious software to dozens of computers and launching cyberattacks against multiple businesses in the United States and abroad. Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 20, of the Russian-controlled Chechen Republic, was arrested and charged in Arizona on June 15 with conspiring to commit wire fraud and conspiring to intentionally damage…
Trudeau Announces New Military Aid, Bilateral Agreements During Ukraine PM’s Visit
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a new round of military and economic support for Ukraine on April 11, coinciding with a visit from Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to Canada. At a joint press conference in Toronto, Trudeau also announced several new bilateral agreements and a plan for Canada to ship $59 million in weapons to…
FBI Says North Korea-Related Hacker Group Behind US Crypto Firm Heist
A hacker group associated with North Korea, the Lazarus Group, also known as APT38, was responsible for the theft last June of $100 million from U.S. crypto firm Harmony’s Horizon bridge, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Monday. On Jan. 13, North Korean cyber actors used a privacy protocol called Railgun to launder over…
US No-Fly List Exposed Again by Hacker, TSA Investigating
U.S. authorities are investigating after a hacker claimed to have found a version of the country’s no-fly list on an unsecured server linked to a commercial airline company. The Swiss hacker, who goes by the name maia arson crimew, said in a blog post that she recently discovered the list on an unsecured Jenkins server belonging…
T-Mobile Says Hacker Stole Data From 37 Million Accounts
T-Mobile confirmed Thursday that an unidentified malicious intruder breached its network in late November and stole data on 37 million customers, according to a regulatory filing. In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, T-Mobile said that the data breach was found on Jan. 5, adding that data exposed to the theft did not include…
Hacker Claims to Be Selling Personal Data of 400 Million Twitter Users
December 27, 2022
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A hacker claims to be selling the personal Twitter data of 400 million users, according to a report. The individual in question claimed to be selling the public and private data of more than 400 million Twitter users stolen in November 2021, which exploited an API vulnerability that was not fixed until January 2022. Although…
Hacker Sentenced to Probation, No Prison Time, for Data Breach Affecting 100 Million People
A former tech worker from Seattle who was convicted of multiple charges related to the massive hack of Capital One bank and other firms back in 2019 has been sentenced to five years of probation after pleading mental illness. Paige A. Thompson, 37, used a tool to scan Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts to identify…
Hackers Set Oct. 3 Deadline for LA Unified to Meet Ransom Demand
September 30, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—An international hacking syndicate claiming responsibility for a cyberattack that forced a shutdown of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) computer systems has set a Monday, Oct. 3, deadline for the district to pay a ransom or the organization will publish undisclosed information it claims it obtained in the hack. In a dark web…
Hackers Want Americans’ DNA Data
Commentary A DNA database contains DNA profiles. These profiles can be used to analyze genetic diseases, help law enforcement identify fingerprints, and discover one’s family history. DNA databases are everywhere; they are both publicly and privately owned. In the United States, for example, Ancestry.com, an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah, has more than 20 million DNA tests in its…
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