Three people have been charged of the recent major Twitter hack that commandeered the accounts of prominent political figureheads, technology moguls and celebrities last month.
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Uber paid 20-year-old hacker to destroy stolen data: Reuters
Uber announced last month that the personal data of 57 million users, including 600,000 drivers in the United States, was stolen in a 2016 breach.1 1591
Japan plans to hack citizens’ IoT devices ahead of Tokyo Olympics
Japanese authorities have reportedly approved a new amendment to a law, which would allow government workers to hack civilians’s personal technology.
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg reflects on the year gone by
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a recent post that he was “proud of the progress” made by the company …
Japanese crypto exchange firm gets a slap on the wrist
Japan’s financial services agency has taken action against crypto exchange Coincheck and ordered it to get its act together after …
Cryptocurrency marketplace NiceHash reveals security breach
NiceHash, a cryptocurrency marketplace, has disclosed that the content of its bitcoin wallet had been stolen in a security breach. …
Canadian citizen charged in Yahoo breach to ‘plead guilty’: reports
A Canadian citizen accused by the US government of helping Russian intelligence agents break into email accounts as part of a massive 2014 breach of Yahoo accounts is expected to plead guilty, according to reports.
Experts: Uber’s hack cover-up shocking
Uber’s hack cover-up has brought the issues of increasing cybersecurity attacks and approaches of handling a security breach to the …
Uber concealed massive data breach, paid hackers $100,000
Uber Technologies CEO Dara Khosrowshahi revealed in a statement that towards late 2016 hackers had stolen personal data of 57 million …
Inside the Russian hack of Yahoo
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has been investigating the intrusion for two years, but it was only in late 2016 that the full scale of the hack became apparent. The FBI indicted four people for the attack, two of whom are Russian spies.
Russian government agents charged for Yahoo hack
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has charged four people, including two Russian state intelligence agents, for their involvement in a massive hack of Yahoo that affected half a billion accounts.