Data Breaches & Scandals

Amazon’s Customer Support Trapped Identity Theft Victims in a Kafkaesque Nightmare — FTC just fined them $2.25 million

Amazon refused to help identity theft victims access fraud records, violating federal law. The FTC…

Signal’s Backup Recovery Key Just Became Russia’s Master Skeleton Key—FBI Issues Urgent June Warning

FBI warns Russian intelligence hackers now steal Signal backup recovery keys to permanently access private…

Chrome’s Featured Adblock for YouTube Extension Harbors Hidden Code Injection Capability—10M Users at Risk

A Chrome extension with 10M+ installs and a Featured badge was found capable of executing…

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Attackers hijacked 400 Arch Linux packages this week to steal developer credentials and install hidden rootkits

Over 400 open-source packages were compromised to steal developer credentials and deploy invisible rootkits. What you need to know.

Nearly a million passports just exposed on the public internet—and anyone could access them with a simple URL

Nearly one million passports and driver's licenses from multiple countries were left unprotected online with zero password protection. Here's what…

The Gentlemen ransomware gang just revealed its real operator—and the 90% payout strategy changed everything

The Gentlemen ransomware gang became the second-most active cybercrime operation by offering hackers 90% of ransom cuts. Security researchers may…

Zcash’s Orchard privacy pool just exposed a four-year-old vulnerability—and no one knows if attackers already stole millions

A critical flaw in Zcash's privacy system could have let attackers create currency from nothing. Security researcher Taylor Hornby found…