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Microsoft breach led to theft of 60,000 US State Dept emails

Chinese hackers stole tens of thousands of emails from U.S. State Department accounts after breaching Microsoft’s cloud-based Exchange email platform in May. […]

06 Jun

Microsoft to pay $20 million for XBOX children privacy violations

Microsoft has agreed to pay a $20 million fine and change data privacy procedures for children to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges over Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) violations. […]

02 May

PornHub blocked in Utah over SB287 age-verification law

Adult media creation company MindGeek has blocked access to its websites in Utah, including PornHub, Brazzers, RedTube, YouPorn, and Reality Kings, in response to a new law requiring sites to verify if a visitor from the state is 18 or older. […]

30 Apr

Hackers use fake ‘Windows Update’ guides to target Ukrainian govt

The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine (CERT-UA) says Russian hackers are targeting various government bodies in the country with malicious emails supposedly containing instructions on how to update Windows as a defense against cyber attacks. […]

05 Jan

France fines Apple for targeted App Store ads without consent

France’s data protection authority (CNIL) has fined Apple €8,000,000 ($8.5M) for collecting user data for targeted advertising on the App Store without requesting or securing the user’s consent. […]

21 Dec

FCC proposes record-breaking $300 million fine against robocaller

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission proposed today a record-breaking $300 million fine against an auto warranty robocall operation that made billions of calls to more than 550 million phones across the United States. […]

07 Nov

U.S. unmasks hacker who stole 50,000 bitcoins from Silk Road

The U.S. Department of Justice has announced today the conviction of James Zhong, a mysterious hacker who stole 50,000 bitcoins from the ‘Silk Road’ dark net marketplace. […]

04 Nov

Z-Library eBook site domains seized by U.S. Dept of Justice

Internet domains for the popular Z-Library online eBook repository were seized early this morning by the U.S. Department of Justice, preventing easy access to the service. […]

14 Oct

INTERPOL arrests ‘Black Axe’ cybercrime syndicate members

INTERPOL has arrested over 70 suspected members of the ‘Black Axe’ cybercrime syndicate, with two believed to be responsible for $1.8 million in financial fraud. […]

07 Sep

New Iranian hacking group APT42 deploys custom Android spyware

A new Iranian state-sponsored hacking group known as APT42 has been discovered using a custom Android malware to spy on targets of interest. […]

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