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Russian state-sponsored hackers accessed the emails of Microsoft’s ‘senior leadership’

A hacking group linked to a Russian intelligence agency accessed the emails of several senior Microsoft executives and other employees, the company disclosed Friday.Microsoft said it detected the attack on January 12, and has determined that a hacking group known as Midnight Blizzard or Nobelium is responsible. That’s the same group behind the 2020 SolarWinds cyberattack. Microsoft and US cybersecurity officials Nobelium is part of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).“Beginning in late November 2023, the threat…

Google accounts can be accessed without passwords! Hackers can acquire control via cookies; know how

Google accounts are considered safe if the password is strong enough. Well, that is old news, at least that is what this new report is saying. According to CloudSek, hackers have found a way to access Google accounts without passwords! So, is your Google account safe from hackers? The report says that hackers have used a form of malware that utilises third-party cookies to illegally enter users' Google accounts and they have free run on whatever data that it has. In effect, the potential to compromise private and…

Mint Mobile says hackers accessed customer information during a security breach

Mint Mobile, the prepaid mobile carrier backed by Ryan Reynolds, notified customers via email this weekend that their information may have been stolen in a security breach, according to BleepingComputer. That information includes names, phone numbers, email addresses, plan descriptions, and SIM and IMEI numbers — which could be used for SIM swap attacks.After a Reddit user posted a screenshot of the email and questioned if it was a scam, the Mint account responded to confirm its validity and said a customer support number…

Hacks accessed the personal data of 36M Comcast customers

Comcast Comcast, alongside several other big corporations, has recently suffered a devastating data breach. According to reports, it’s possible that hackers got their hands on the data of up to 36 million Comcast Xfinity customers, meaning the company’s cable television and internet department. Although the company is pretty tight-lipped about it, the data breach occurred over two months ago. Here’s what we know and what you should do to protect yourself. The hackers were able to access those masses of customer…

23andMe admits hackers accessed 6.9 million users’ DNA Relatives data

23andMe confirmed that a recent breach leaked data belonging to 6.9 million users. In an emailed statement to The Verge, company spokesperson Andy Kill says the breach affected around 5.5 million users who had DNA Relatives enabled, a feature that matches users with similar genetic makeups, while an additional 1.4 million people had their family tree profiles accessed.In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and update to its blog post late on December 1st, 23andMe said a threat actor using a…

23andMe hackers accessed ancestry information from thousands of customers and their DNA relatives

An has revealed more details on that was disclosed earlier this fall. The company says its investigation found hackers were able to access information from 0.1 percent of its userbase, or the accounts of about 14,000 of its 14 million total customers, notes. On top of that, the attackers were able to exploit 23andMe’s opt-in DNA Relatives feature to access “profile information about other users’ ancestry.” 23andMe hasn't said how many of these users were affected. Hackers posted information from both groups online.When…

23andMe says hackers accessed ‘significant number’ of files about users’ ancestry

Genetic testing company 23andMe announced on Friday that hackers accessed around 14,000 customer accounts in the company’s recent data breach. In a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published Friday, the company said that, based on its investigation into the incident, it had determined that hackers had accessed 0.1% of its customer base. According to the company’s most recent annual earnings report, 23andMe has “more than 14 million customers worldwide,” which means 0.1% is around 14,000.…

WhatsApp users getting new secret code feature, locked chats can only be accessed…

Secret code features have started to roll out, and in the coming months will be available globally.WhatsApp rolled out Chat Lock feature earlier this year to help people protect their more sensitive conversations and now the company has announced that it is launching secret code, an additional way to protect those chats and make them harder to find if someone has access to your phone or you share a phone with someone else.With a secret code you’ll now be able to set a unique password different from what you use to unlock…

Former ByteDance Executive Claims Chinese Communist Party Accessed TikTok’s Hong Kong User Data

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Uber ex-security chief sentenced for covering up data breach in which hackers accessed customers record

Image Source : AP An Uber sign is displayed at the company's headquarters in San Francisco. The former chief security officer for Uber was sentenced to probation Thursday for trying to cover up a 2016 data breach in which hackers accessed tens of millions of customer records from the ride-hailing service. Joseph Sullivan was sentenced to a three-year term of…