The U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal charges against three hackers working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), accusing the trio of a four-year-long hacking campaign that included this year’s hack of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. On Friday, U.S. prosecutors published an indictment accusing Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri, and Yasar (Yaser) Balaghi of […]
Craig Newmark pledges $100M to fight hacking by foreign governments
Craigslist founder Craig Newmark plans to donate $ 100 million to further strengthen U.S. cybersecurity, addressing what he sees as a growing threat from foreign governments, he tells the WSJ. Half the funds will focus on protecting power grids and other infrastructure from cyberattacks; half will be earmarked to educate people about so-called cybersecurity hygiene. […]
FBI seizes hacking forum BreachForums — again
The FBI along with a coalition of international law enforcement agencies seized the notorious cybercrime forum BreachForums on Wednesday. For years, BreachForums has been a popular English-language forum for hackers and cybercriminals who wanted to advertise, sell and trade stolen data. Just recently, a threat actor advertised Dell customers’ personal information and data stolen from […]
Pokemon resets some users passwords after hacking attempts
The Pokemon Company said it detected hacking attempts against some of its users and reset those user account passwords. Last week, an alert was visible on Pokemon’s official support website, which said that “following an attempt to compromise our account system, Pokemon proactively locked the accounts of fans who might have been affected.” The alert […]
Rookie Idol’s Latest Post Points To “Hacking,” But Sparks Different Reactions
PURPLE KISS‘s latest post on their official X (former Twitter) account has K-Pop fans concerned and confused. PURPLE KISS | @purplekiss_official/Instagram The post, reading “PURPLE KISS’s X has been completely hacked, hasn’t it? Hahahahaha,” has been up since March 2, 2024, 9 AM (Pacific Time) and is garnering over 1.3M views. 퍼플키스 X 다 털렸죠?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ — […]