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Snowflake student data seller lowers $2M bitcoin ransom demand to $150K
The data allegedly stolen in the Snowflake hack includes names, addresses, financials, medical information, and login details.
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OKX SIM-swap leads to discovery of 2FA security flaw
Two OKX users who lost access to their accounts and crypto led security analysts to discover a verification flaw in OKX security.
Beware of airdrops: Tether CEO warns of mailing list breach
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino claimed to have received two separate reports that a prominent mailing list vendor had been compromised.
Trader blames ‘slow’ Binance after losing millions to fake Google plugin
The Google Aggr plugin reportedly bypassed password and two-factor authentication protection to hack the trader's Binance account.
Indian crypto exchange hackers selling Ticketmaster data for $500K
The ShinyHunters group is demanding the ransom for more than 1TB of financial and personal data belonging to 560 million Ticketmaster users.
YouTuber ‘hacks time’ to rescue bitcoin lost since 2013
The BTC was recovered after Joe Grand and his friend Bruno found a version of RoboForm was generating passwords tied to the time and date.
Crypto ransom group LockBit leaks stolen pharmacy staff data
Crypto-ransomware group LockBit leaked financial and personal data of hundreds of pharmacy staff after a failed $25 million ransom.
US sanctions Russian ransomware leader, offers $10M reward
The US claims it has unmasked the leader of Russian-based crypto ransomware group LockBit, but the hacking collective says otherwise.
DeFi lender Pike Finance loses $1.9M to two hacks in less than a week
Pike Finance paused its protocol when it lost $300,000, however, this opened up a new vulnerability that cost it $1.6 million four days later.
Hacker jailed for blackmailing therapy patients for bitcoin
The Finnish hacker responsible for blackmailing 30,000 psychotherapy patients for more than $500,000 in bitcoin was jailed for six years.