BBC suffers data breach impacting current, former employees
The BBC has disclosed a data security incident that occurred on May 21, involving unauthorized access to files hosted on a cloud-based service, compromising the personal information of BBC Pension Scheme members.
As per the reports, the incident impacted roughly 25,000 people
LockBit says they stole data in London Drugs ransomware attack
the LockBit ransomware gang claimed they were behind the April cyberattack on Canadian pharmacy chain London Drugs and is now threatening to publish stolen data online after allegedly failed negotiations
Multiple Ukrainian TV & radio channels have been #hacked and/or #jammed on Astra 4A (4.8 E) satellite by naZi ruZZia.
Acc. to reports, interference has been appearing repeatedly for some time now, but peaked on May 9, when naZi hackers managed to replace several channels' output with live footage of "victory parade" in moZcow.
Windows vulnerability reported by the NSA exploited to install Russian malware
Kremlin-backed hackers have been exploiting a critical Microsoft vulnerability for four years in attacks that targeted a vast array of organizations with a previously undocumented tool, the software maker disclosed
Ascension healthcare takes systems offline after cyberattack
Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, has taken some of its systems offline to investigate what it describes as a "cyber security event."
Been reading about the case of Edward Austin Singh in the UK, a #hacker who was caught physically trespassing in a Teesside Polytechnic college computer lab, while connected to various #hacked computers, by UK police in 1988. #hacking#history
Apparently the US Secret Service had become aware of Singh's hacking activities that touched on US government, military and corporate systems and there was some attempt to lure him to the US for arrest before the UK authorities eventually stepped in.
@realhackhistory I used to hang out with Edward quite a lot for a couple of years. Nearly went into business with him after we developed some secure file transfer software. After the Surrey stuff he did a nice "prank" hack on a video store chain.
Last I heard about him were rumours he was working for microsoft. never verified
There is a great book about him called "Beating the System" by Owen Bowcott
LastPass users targeted in phishing attacks good enough to trick even the savvy
Password-manager LastPass users were recently targeted by a convincing phishing campaign that used a combination of email, SMS, and voice calls to trick targets into divulging their master passwords
US offers $10 million bounty for info on 'Blackcat' hackers who hit UnitedHealth
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday offered up to $10 million for information on the "Blackcat" ransomware gang who hit the UnitedHealth Group's tech unit and snarled insurance payments across America.