Cyber-attack sparks fears that criminals could target UK gun owners for firearms

Police are investigating a cyber-attack involving potentially thousands of British gun owners, raising concerns that organised criminals may target them for firearms. The National Crime Agency (NCA) is assessing the level of risk after the National Smallbore Rifle Association (NSRA) Read More …

Capita IT breach gets worse as Black Basta claims it’s now selling off stolen data

Black Basta, the extortionists who claimed they were the ones who lately broke into Capita, have reportedly put up for sale sensitive details, including bank account information, addresses, and passport photos, stolen from the IT outsourcing giant. A spokesperson for Read More …

Latitude Financial refuses to pay cyber-attack ransom demands

Finance company Latitude Financial says it will not give in to ransom demands by cyber criminals behind one of Australia’s largest cyber-attacks. Almost 8 million driver’s licenses of Australian and New Zealand customers have been stolen including more than 6 Read More …

White House ‘very in favor’ of bill thought to target TikTok

One of the authors of a Senate bill that would enable the US commerce department to ban technologies with links to foreign governments has said the Biden White House is “very in favor” of the measure, but stopped short of Read More …

Ransomware Attack Hits Ship-Tracking Firm Royal Dirkzwager

A team of ransomware hackers have published proprietary inside data allegedly obtained the Dutch shipping intelligence agency Royal Dirkzwager, according to cybsersecurity trade press. The leak purportedly include employee passports, contracts and other sensitive information. The hackers claim to have Read More …

China used stolen data to expose CIA operatives in Africa and Europe

Around 2013, U.S. intelligence began noticing an alarming pattern: Undercover CIA personnel, flying into countries in Africa and Europe for sensitive work, were being rapidly and successfully identified by Chinese intelligence, according to three former U.S. officials. The surveillance by Read More …