• Over 1,000 Twitter employees had access to hacked accounts

    Over 1,000 Twitter employees had access to hacked accounts

    More than a thousand Twitter employees had access to the tools that allowed hackers to gain access to the accounts of Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and others during a massive security breach last week. The hack, which Twitter over the weekend said was made possible when the attackers “manipulated a small number of …
  • Instacart user data reportedly for sale on dark web at $2 per account

    Instacart user data reportedly for sale on dark web at $2 per account

    Illicit merchants are selling personal data for thousands of Instacart users on the dark web at bargain-bin prices, a new report says. Information for as many as 278,531 of the grocery delivery service’s accounts — including names, order histories, email addresses and partial credit card numbers — was on sale in two dark web stores …
  • Hackers targeted 130 of Twitter’s most popular accounts in shocking attack

    Hackers targeted 130 of Twitter’s most popular accounts in shocking attack

    Hackers targeted about 130 Twitter accounts in their unprecedented attack on some of the platform’s most visible users this week, the company revealed. The attackers were only able to take over a “small subset” of the targeted accounts — including those owned by Apple, Uber, Kanye West and Elon Musk — that they used to …
  • FBI reportedly probing massive Twitter hack, bitcoin scam

    FBI reportedly probing massive Twitter hack, bitcoin scam

    The FBI is reportedly investigating a major Twitter hack and bitcoin scam that compromised the accounts of big business and political figures including Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Barack Obama. The bureau is looking into the hack — which was reportedly carried out with the help of a Twitter insider — to see …
  • Gov. Cuomo orders full investigation into massive Twitter hack

    Gov. Cuomo orders full investigation into massive Twitter hack

    New York is launching a “full investigation” into the massive Twitter hack that targeted big names including Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday. The probe will be run through the state’s Department of Financial Services. “Foreign interference remains a grave threat to our democracy and New York will continue …
  • Twitter hackers appear to net $119K from bitcoin scam

    Twitter hackers appear to net $119K from bitcoin scam

    Hackers appeared to rake in nearly $119,000 worth of bitcoin after they took over more than a dozen high-profile Twitter accounts Wednesday. One digital wallet linked to the unprecedented attack received about 12.8 bitcoin — worth roughly $117,328 as of Thursday afternoon — after the hackers tweeted its ID number from accounts owned by Elon …
  • Hackers reportedly paid Twitter staffer to help with high-profile attack

    Hackers reportedly paid Twitter staffer to help with high-profile attack

    Hackers paid a Twitter employee who helped them carry out an unprecedented attack on several high-profile accounts, a report says. The Twitter insider allegedly worked with hackers to take over the accounts of Tesla chief Elon Musk, former president Barack Obama, tech tycoon Bill Gates and others, according to Motherboard. One of the anonymous hackers …
  • Joe Biden, Elon Musk, other Twitter accounts hawk bitcoin in apparent hack

    Joe Biden, Elon Musk, other Twitter accounts hawk bitcoin in apparent hack

    Over a dozen high-profile Twitter accounts, including Joe Biden and Elon Musk, appear to have been hacked on Wednesday as part of an apparent scam that promised free bitcoins to tens of millions of users. “Feeling greatful, doubling all payments sent to my BTC address!,” read the a since-deleted tweet on Musk’s account, which misspelled …
  • Celebrity-targeting hackers return with dirt on Bad Boy, LeBron and more

    Celebrity-targeting hackers return with dirt on Bad Boy, LeBron and more

    The hackers who attacked the celebrity law firm ran by famed attorney Allen Grubman are back. The group, which calls itself REvil, has posted a new message on the dark Web saying it’s ready to auction off all the info it allegedly has on LeBron James, Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey, starting at $600,000 per …
  • Google Chrome security flaw results in 32 million malware downloads

    Google Chrome security flaw results in 32 million malware downloads

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