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Israeli spyware maker NSO Group has confirmed to TechCrunch that a U.S. investment group has acquired the company. NSO spokesperson Oded Hershowitz told TechCrunch on Friday that “an American investment group has invested tens of millions of dollars in the Read More …
All companies using SonicWall’s MySonicWall cloud backup feature have had their firewall configuration files exposed in a recent cyberattack, the company has admitted. After initially claiming “fewer than 5%” of its customer base was affected, the company has revealed the Read More …
Two 17-year-old boys have been arrested by police investigating a cyber-attack on a chain of nurseries in London. The Metropolitan Police say the pair were arrested at residential addresses in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail. Read More …
The Indian government’s tax authority has fixed a security flaw in its income tax filing portal that was exposing sensitive taxpayers’ data, TechCrunch has exclusively learned and confirmed with authorities. The flaw, discovered in September by a pair of security Read More …
French prosecutors said on Monday they are investigating tech giant Apple’s, opens new tab voice assistant Siri after receiving a complaint from a tech researcher accusing the company of illicit data collection. The probe, which was first reported by the Read More …
Discord has warned users it suffered a cyberattack which caused a potentially worrying data breach. In a data breach notification announcement posted on the company’s blog, Discord said a third party, providing customer support services, was breached. “The unauthorized party Read More …
A notorious predominantly English-speaking hacking group has launched a website to extort its victims, threatening to release about a billion records stolen from companies who store their customers’ data in cloud databases hosted by Salesforce. The loosely organized group, which Read More …
Renault has become the most recent victim of a cyber attack. Customers of the French firm and its sister brand Dacia have been warned that their personal data, including postal addresses and emails, has been stolen by hackers. In an Read More …
Red Hat has confirmed suffering a potentially serious data breach, but the company said it was not able to verify hacker claims of stolen customer secrets. A hacking group called Crimson Collective claims to have accessed Red Hat’s private GitHub Read More …
The US Air Force is reportedly investigating a potential data breach caused by a Microsoft SharePoint issue. A report from The Register revealed the Air Force Personnel Center Directorate of Technology and Information issued a data breach notification shared on Read More …
