Security

US Patent and Trademark Office confirms another leak of filers’ address data

The federal government agency responsible for granting patents and trademarks is alerting thousands of filers whose private addresses were exposed following a second data spill in as many years.

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.

Healthcare company WebTPA discloses breach affecting 2.5 million people

A Texas-based company that provides health insurance and benefit plans disclosed a data breach affecting almost 2.

Two Santa Cruz students uncover security bug that could let millions do their laundry for free

CSC ServiceWorks provides laundry machines to thousands of residential homes and universities, but the company ignored requests to fix a security bug.

Spyware found on US hotel check-in computers

Several hotel check-in computers are running a remote access app, which is leaking screenshots of guest information to the internet.

Spyware app pcTattletale was hacked and its website defaced

Spyware maker pcTattletale says it’s ‘out of business’ and shuts down after data breach

The spyware maker’s founder, Bryan Fleming, said pcTattletale is “out of business and completely done,” following a data breach.

Hacked, leaked, exposed: Why you should never use stalkerware apps

Using stalkerware is creepy, unethical, potentially illegal, and puts your data and that of your loved ones in danger.

What Snowflake isn’t saying about its customer data breaches

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UK national accused of hacking dozens of US companies arrested in Spain

TechCrunch has learned that the arrested hacker is the alleged leader of the group that masterminded the Twilio hacks in 2022.

US bans sale of Kaspersky software citing security risk from Russia

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US government sanctions Kaspersky executives

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Hacker claims to have 30 million customer records from Australian ticket seller giant TEG

A hacker is advertising customer data allegedly stolen from the Australia-based live events and ticketing company TEG on a well-known hacking forum.

Kaspersky resellers deride US government ban: ‘Complete bulls—t’

-based Kaspersky reseller told TechCrunch, following the news of a US sales ban.

US charges Russian civilian for allegedly helping GRU spies target Ukrainian government systems with data-destroying malware

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Startups scramble to assess fallout from Evolve Bank data breach

Fintech-friendly Evolve Bank disclosed a data breach, saying it may have impacted customers and partners.

HubSpot says it’s investigating customer account hacks

The company “identified a security incident that involved bad actors targeting a limited number of HubSpot customers and attempting to gain unauthorized access to their accounts” on June 22.

Yieldstreet says some of its customers were affected by the Evolve Bank data breach

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Roll20, an online tabletop role-playing game platform, discloses data breach

Roll20 said that on June 29 it had detected that a “bad actor” gained access to an account on the company’s administrative website for one hour.

HealthEquity says data breach is an ‘isolated incident’

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Exein raised $15M Series B to stop robotic arms going haywire

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Data breach exposes millions of mSpy spyware customers

A huge batch of mSpy customer service emails dating back to 2014 were stolen in a May data breach.

If you’re an AT&T customer, your data has likely been stolen

This week, AT&T confirmed it will begin notifying around 110 million AT&T customers about a data breach that allowed cybercriminals to steal the phone records of “nearly all” of its customers.

Microsoft says 8.5M Windows devices were affected by CrowdStrike outage

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