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Ticketmaster Data Breach May Be Tip of the Iceberg as ShinyHunters Claims Compromise of Snowflake Storage
If the Hudson Rock post turns out to be fully accurate, the origin of the Ticketmaster data breach (and all other incidents involving Snowflake customers) may have taken place all the way back in October 2023.
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Big Blow Struck to Major Botnets by International Law Enforcement Operation
Some of the biggest names in the botnet game, including 911 S5 and TrickBot, have been seriously impacted. In some cases, arrests of central figures were made during the Europol law enforcement investigation.
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Ticketmaster Customers Enraged Again as Reports of 560 Million Record Data Breach Surface
As if Ticketmaster had not earned enough negative sentiment already, the company now appears to be dealing with a massive data breach impacting about 560 million Ticketmaster customers.
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Data Leak to Cost South Korean Messaging Giant Kakao a Record-Setting Privacy Fine as PIPA Enforcement Ramps Up
Kakao, parent company of popular messaging app KakaoTalk, is the recipient of a record-setting privacy fine of about $11.1 million only weeks after the previous record was established, as data leaks become more expensive for companies operating in South Korea.
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NYSE Owner Breach Reporting Fine Continues Pattern of Hard-Nosed SEC Rulings
ICE recently took a $10 million fine over its delays in reporting an April 2021 incident, in which a third party vendor was compromised. The company was found to have failed to provide the NYSE and other subsidiaries with timely notice.
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Is DeFi Protocol Security Really Improving? New Round of Cyber Attacks Steals $25 Million
Cyber attacks on DeFi protocols resulted in a $20 million theft at Sonne Finance totaling, and ALEX Lab had about $4.3 million stolen and investment firm BlockTower Capital lost about $1.5 million to hackers.
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Chinese Cyber Threat Is Now a Top Priority for UK and US Defense
The UK now ranks the Chinese cyber threat as its top defense priority, and the US has joined it in issuing another dire warning about the risks to international stability and the critical infrastructure of rival nations.
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49 Million Dell Customer Records Stolen as Hackers Abuse Poorly Secured Partner API
Hackers were able to steal about 49 million customer records from Dell by merely registering as a company partner, which granted access to private order information.
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Breachforums Seized for the Third Time in 3 Years as Law Enforcement Cracks Down on Criminal Hacking Forums
The Breachforums hacking forum has now been raided by law enforcement for the third time since 2022, likely in no small part due to IntelBroker hitting Five Eyes and Europol within the space of a month.
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Cyber Attack Disrupted $578 Million Worth of Art Auctions at Christie’s
Christie’s did not have to cancel any of the $578 million worth of art auctions during its busy period, but did have to push at least one back a day as it scrambled to work around reduced online functionality due to a cyber attack.