Tag: hacker attack

The Dark Side of AI: Over 100,000 ChatGPT Accounts Stolen and Traded

Criminals are targeting users of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT, stealing their accounts and trading them on illegal online criminal marketplaces—with the threat having already affected more than 100,000 individuals worldwide. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity firm, has identified 101,134 devices infected with information-stealing malware that contained saved ChatGPT credentials, according to a June 20…


The Dark Side of AI: 100,000 ChatGPT Accounts Stolen and Traded

Criminals are targeting users of the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT, stealing their accounts and trading them on illegal online criminal marketplaces—with the threat having already affected more than 100,000 individuals worldwide. Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity firm, has identified 101,134 devices infected with information-stealing malware that contained saved ChatGPT credentials, according to a June 20…


Hackers Breach American Bar Association, Millions of Logins Potentially Stolen

The American Bar Association (ABA) has announced that a data breach last month may have compromised the login information of over a million members. On March 17, 2023, the ABA observed “unusual activity” on its network. As a result, an “incident response plan” was immediately activated, and cybersecurity experts assisted with the investigation, according to…


LastPass Confirm Hackers Stole Customer Passwords in Recent Admission

The data breach which hit password manager LastPass this August was more serious than earlier perceived, and involved customer passwords being stolen, the company admitted in a latest update on the situation. In the August hack, the company claimed that a threat actor gained internal access to its systems for a period of four days,…


Cyber Hackers Sent Scam Texts to Nearly 10,000 Deakin University Students

Deakin University has confirmed a hacker has mass spammed nearly 10,000 students and downloaded the contact details of almost 47,000 past and present students. The cyber attack took place on July 10 when someone managed to hack a University staff member’s credentials and used them to access student information held by an unnamed third-party provider….


GoDaddy Gets Hacked, 1.2 Million Customer Accounts Exposed

Web registrar and hosting company GoDaddy announced Monday that email addresses of up to 1.2 million active and inactive Managed WordPress customers were accessed by an unauthorized third party using a compromised password. In a disclosure filed with the SEC, GoDaddy Inc. said that the data breach incident was discovered on Nov. 17. “Upon identifying…


Hackers Shut Down System for Booking COVID-19 Shots in Italy’s Lazio Region

MILAN—Hackers have attacked and shut down the IT systems of the company that manages COVID-19 vaccination appointments for the Lazio region surrounding Rome, the regional government said on Sunday. “A powerful hacker attack on the region’s CED (database) is underway,” the region said in a Facebook posting. It said all systems had been deactivated, including…