Troy Hunt

MARCH 18, 2024

We're here at "alleged" for two very simple reasons: one is that AT&T is saying "the data didn't come from us", and the other is that I have no way of proving otherwise. Let me explain: Firstly, just as a primer if you're new to this story, read BleepingComputer's piece on the incident.

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Krebs on Security

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Since then, the response from LinkedIn users and readers has made clear that these phony profiles are showing up en masse for virtually all executive roles — but particularly for jobs and industries that are adjacent to recent global events and news trends. These people don’t exist, and they’re claiming they work for us!”

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

Bloomberg News has a major story about the Chinese hacking computer motherboards made by Supermicro, Levono, and others. The US government has known about it for almost as long, and has tried to keep the attack secret: China’s exploitation of products made by Supermicro, as the U.S. It’s been going on since at least 2008.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Pretty much everybody has denied it (including the US DHS and the UK NCSC ). Bloomberg has stood by its story -- and is still standing by it. But first of all, if someone actually surreptitiously put malicious chips onto motherboards en masse, we would have seen a photo of the alleged chip already. I don't think it's real.

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IT Governance

DECEMBER 27, 2019

IT Governance is closing out the year by rounding up 2019’s biggest information security stories. The site’s security team suspected that users were being targeted in a credential-stuffing attack; this is where cyber criminals use a list of stolen usernames and passwords en masse to break into an account. million (£4.2

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Troy Hunt

APRIL 5, 2023

That's the short version, here's the whole story: Ever heard that saying about how "data is the new oil"? You've probably seen stories and infographics about how much your personal information is worth, both to legitimate organisations and criminal networks. And so on and so forth.

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IT Governance

MARCH 11, 2024

66,702,148 known records breached in 103 newly disclosed incidents Welcome to this week’s global round-up of the biggest and most interesting news stories. At the end of each month, these incidents – and any others that we find – will be used to inform our monthly analysis of data breaches and cyber attacks. UniCredit fined €2.8

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