hackers

Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) shared customer data with hackers who pretended to be law enforcement, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing three people familiar with the matter. What Happened: The two...

Leading firms in the cryptocurrency space were hit by a hack that successfully compromised HubSpot, a customer relations platform that helped those companies manage their customers and data. What Happened: New reports reveal that the HubSpot breach resulted in the leak of personal...

A vulnerability in the non-fungible token (NFT) market TreasureDAO (CRYPTO: MAGIC) purportedly allowed attackers to acquire NFTs without incurring any cost. What Happened: Harry Denley, the security specialist of cryptocurrency wallet software projects MetaMask and MyCrypo...

DeFi protocol Grim Finance is revealing that hackers stole $30 million of user funds from the platform over the weekend. What Happened: In a Twitter announcement on December 18, Grim Finance told users that it had identified the attackers' wallet address, which contained over $30...

Security of funds in the decentralized finance (DeFi) sector is a cornerstone of the industry. The spring of 2021 brought several hacks that siphoned off large volumes of user funds: in March, hackers got into PAID and stole 2,000 ETH worth $3 million, in April they stole $50 million worth of...

What Happened: A U.S. government task force has reportedly seized more than $2.3 million, out of the $4.3 million, in Bitcoin, which was used to pay the ransom in an attack on the Colonial Pipeline system. Officials from the Department of Justice said in a press conference on Monday ...

Blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has published a report about how much victims of ransomware attacks have paid in cryptocurrency this year so far. What Happened: According to Chainalysis, cybercriminals have already raked in at least $81 million since the start of 2021....

Spartan Protocol (SPARTA), a liquidity protocol for asset exchange and synthetic asset generation built on Binance Smart Chain (CRYPTO: BNB), was exploited for over $30 million over the weekend. What Happened: Hackers were able to obtain $30.5 million worth of funds due to “flawed logic...

Microsoft Corp's (NASDAQ: MSFT) email inboxes have been remotely compromised using novel flaws in the mail server software by a China-linked cyber-espionage group, Reuters reports. The alleged hacker named HAFNIUM is a state-sponsored entity functioning out of China. The hackers...

Bloomberg reports Robinhood has seen 2,000 accounts hacked, as brokerage firms become a big target of the dark web. What To Know: Last week, Bloomberg revealed a hack on Robinhood accounts. At that time, Robinhood referred to a “limited number” of accounts that had been breached....

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) took down accounts linked to Russian government actors who were allegedly trying to influence the United States presidential elections due to be held in November and plant fake stories on racial justice, the  National Public Radio reported...

The cybersecurity industry continues to remain in the spotlight at a time when data breaches and hacks are surging. But many investors are left in the dark as to which names boast the necessary technology and expertise to emerge as a winner in the space. The Expert CNBC's Jim Cramer. The...

As the Russian hacking scandal of the U.S. election continues to gain traction in Washington, more questions are being raised about the future of cybersecurity and how businesses and citizens can ensure their information stays out of malicious hands. According to a new survey, the most likely...

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE: FCAU) is offering a bounty of up to $1,500 for hackers who find cybersecurity flaws in its vehicles. FCA US LLC announced the launch of a public "bug bounty" program on the Bugcrowd platform via press release Wednesday. Bug Bounties "Bugcrowd manages all reward...