A notorious hacking gang known as Scattered Spider just lost one of its legs. A member of the criminal organization, Florida man Noah Urban, was sentenced to ten years in prison by a federal judge in Jacksonville over Urban’s participation in dozens of hacking efforts that targeted individuals and companies to steal cryptocurrency, according to […]
The Pentagon Sent Out a Warning Against Using Signal Right Before Yemen Group Chat Fiasco
The Pentagon warned against using Signal in a memo just last week, according to NPR. It cited threats from Russian hackers. The memo was delivered department-wide days before The Atlantic published a bombshell revelation that its editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg had been erroneously added to a Signal group chat that involved detailed discussions of planned strikes […]
North Korea Stole $1.4 Billion in Largest Crypto Heist Ever, Researchers Say
North Korea has gotten away with its biggest crypto heist yet, this time stealing approximately $1.4 billion worth of Ethereum, about 400,000 coins, from the cryptocurrency exchange ByBit. The company’s CEO Ben Zhou on Monday said the company was able to raise new funding to fill the gap and that ByBit can cover all withdrawals, […]
US Soldier Accused of Verizon and AT&T Hacks Pleads Guilty
Cameron John Wagenius, a former US Army soldier, pleaded guilty to his role in a hack that affected AT&T and Verizon and resulted in the theft of data from well over 100 million customers of the companies, according to TechCrunch. Wagenius, a 20-year-old stationed in Texas, copped to two counts of “unlawful transfer of confidential […]
Man Who Hijacked SEC’s X Account to Pump Bitcoin Faces Up to Five Years in Prison
An Alabama man who hijacked the X account of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to pump Bitcoin has pleaded guilty to identity theft and access device fraud. Eric Council Jr., along with his co-conspirators, used their unauthorized access to the SEC’s X account to post a false statement claiming the agency had approved […]