Joseph James O’Connor pleaded guilty for his role in schemes to hack the Twitter accounts of celebrities like Barack Obama and Elon Musk.
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Joseph James O’Connor pleaded guilty for his role in schemes to hack the Twitter accounts of celebrities like Barack Obama and Elon Musk.
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The US government has announced the disruption of Snake, a sophisticated cyberespionage malware officially attributed to a unit of Russia’s FSB agency.
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US authorities have seized 13 internet domains associated with DDoS-for-hire services.
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Former Uber security chief Joe Sullivan was sentenced to probation and community service for covering up the data breach suffered by the ride-sharing giant in 2016.
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Apple and Google propose new industry specification for Bluetooth location-tracking devices, to prevent unwanted tracking.
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Authorities in the US and Ukraine have worked together to shut down nine websites offering cryptocurrency exchange services to cybercriminals.
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The FBI has seized Genesis Market, a major cybercrime website offering stolen device fingerprints.
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Executive order will require the head of any U.S. agency using commercial spyware programs to certify that the program doesn’t pose a significant counterintelligence or other security risk.
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The US Justice Department charged Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, founder of BreachForums, a major underground website for computer hackers.
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The popular cybercrime forum BreachForums is being shut down following the arrest of Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, who is accused of running the website.
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