Credential stuffing

The Pokémon Company said it detected hacking attempts against some of its users and reset those user account passwords. Last week, an alert was visible on Pokémon’s official support website that said, “Following an attempt to compromise our account system, Pokémon proactively locked the accounts of fans who might have been affected.” The alert about hacking attempts that The Pokémon Company posted on its official support website. Image Credits: The Pokémon Company As of Tuesday, the alert is gone. A spokesperson for…

Cyber-skulduggery is becoming the bane of modern life. Australia's prime minister has called it a “scourge”, and he is correct. In 2022–23, nearly 94,000 cyber crimes were reported in Australia, up 23% on the previous year.In the latest high-profile attack, around 15,000 customers of alcohol retailer Dan Murphy, Mexican restaurant chain Guzman y Gomez, Event Cinemas, and home shopping network TVSN had their login credentials and credit card details used fraudulently to buy goods and services in what is known as a…

Griffith University Gold Coast (Australia), Jan 21 (The Conversation) Cyber-skulduggery is becoming the bane of modern life. Australia's prime minister has called it a "scourge", and he is correct. In 2022-23, nearly 94,000 cyber crimes were reported in Australia, up 23% on the previous year. In the latest high-profile attack, around 15,000 customers of alcohol retailer Dan Murphy, Mexican restaurant chain Guzman y Gomez, Event Cinemas, and home shopping network TVSN had their login credentials and credit card details…

23andMe The 23andMe breach that took place in October has been confirmed as much worse than originally reported, affecting 6.9 million people, as opposed to the 14,000 users first thought. Information stolen in the breach included users’ full names, birth years, relationship labels, and locations. Approximately 1.4 million users also had Family Tree profile information on the service compromised. Hackers could also access genetic information in the breach, including details about common DNA percentages shared with…

Earlier this week, 23andMe admitted that an October hack was dramatically worse than the company initially admitted, affecting 6.9 million people, not the 14,000 it first reported. 23andMe followed up with an early Christmas present for users: a terms of service update that would force people to give up the right to sue the company. The stolen data includes full names, genetic information, and more, but despite the sensitivity of the information, some consumers responded with a shrug. As one TikTok user commented on a…

23andMe, the world’s leading consumer DNA harvesting enterprise, announced Friday that hackers stole about 14,000 people’s ancestry information, as well as “a significant number of files” about other users. It turns out the word “significant” is doing a lot of work in that sentence. According to TechCrunch, 23andMe lost data about 6.9 million users, including people’s genetic information.“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedIn case you don’t have a calculator handy, that’s almost 50,000% higher than the…

Photo: Dmytro Tyshchenko (Shutterstock)An all-time hall-of-fame NSFW spam event occurred this week: a hacker broke into a school messaging app to send a picture of a guy’s gaping sphincter to the parents of young school children across the country.The episode involved Seesaw, an “interactive learning platform” and messaging app that helps elementary schools communicate with parents and students. Used by districts throughout the country, Seesaw’s tag line is: “Elevate Learning in Elementary.” The company’s website says…