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A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with a photo of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, at a train station in Seoul on May 30, 2024. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

North Korean hacker used hospital ransomware attacks to fund espionage

U.S. prosecutors say Rim Jong Hyok used ransom payments from American health care providers to steal military secrets.

Jul 25, 2024 By Elias Groll

This photograph shows screens displaying the logo of “CrowdStrike” cybersecurity technology company in Paris on July 19, 2024, amid massive global IT outage. (Photo by Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP)

Low-level cybercriminals are pouncing on CrowdStrike-connected outage

The malicious activity comes as CrowdStrike customers continue to recover from the July 18 outage.

Jul 23, 2024 By AJ Vicens

An exterior view shows the marquee at MGM Grand Hotel & Casino left of the Leo the Lion statue on the Las Vegas Strip on August 28, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Police nab 17-year-old linked to group behind MGM Resorts cyberattack

A 17-year-old arrested by British police Thursday is believed to be a member of the cybercriminal gang behind last year’s ransomware attack on MGM Resorts and a…

Jul 22, 2024 By AJ Vicens

This photograph taken in Lyon, eastern France, on September 5, 2023 shows the entrance of the International Criminal Police Organization headquarters, known as Interpol. (Photo by OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE/AFP via Getty Images)

300 arrests made in crackdown of West African cyber fraud group

The takedown of the Nigeria-based international cyber gang including millions in seized assets and hundreds of blocked bank accounts.

Jul 17, 2024 By AJ Vicens

Car dealership office. (Fahroni, iStock/Getty Images Plus)

CDK hack shows SEC disclosure standards are unsettled

The early application of the regulatory agency’s new cybersecurity reporting rules reveal that materiality is in the eye of the beholder.

Jul 16, 2024 By Tim Starks

Jeep vehicles are delivered to a dealership on June 20, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. A cyber attack on CDK Global, a software provider that helps dealerships manage sales and service, has crippled the workflow at approximately 15,000 dealerships across the United States and Canada. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Wallets tied to CDK ransom group received $25 million two days after attack

Researchers say the wallets that received the large bitcoin payment are tied to BlackSuit affiliates.

Jul 12, 2024 By AJ Vicens

A visitor walks past the telecommunications giant AT&T’s logo at the Mobile World Congress (MWC), the telecom industry’s biggest annual gathering, in Barcelona on February 27, 2023. (Photo by PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images)

Phone, text message records of ‘nearly all’ AT&T customers stolen

The pilfered content, which contains aggregated metadata, was taken via the company’s Snowflake instance.

Jul 12, 2024 By Christian Vasquez

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