Cybersecurity and Data Hacks

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  China’s Salt Typhoon hackers continue to breach telecom firms despite US sanctions

  TechCrunch - Carly Page

  Security researchers say the Chinese government-linked hacking group, Salt Typhoon, is continuing to compromise telecommunications providers, despite the recent sanctions imposed by the U.S. government on the group. In a report shared with TechCrunch, threat intelligence firm Recorded Future said it …

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  5 days ago

  Bipartisan Senate bill would strengthen cybercrime penalties

  cyberscoop.com - Matt Bracken

  The legislation from Rounds and Gillibrand would allow the DOJ to issue charges under a technology-specific CFAA, elevating the penalties from a …

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  4 days ago

  Cybersecurity group sues DOGE over data access

  Mashable - Alex Perry

  It's the latest legal action against Elon Musk's government agency. Elon Musk's encroachment into U.S. governance has hit another legal obstacle. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (or EPIC) filed a lawsuit against the Department of Government Efficiency (or, sigh, DOGE) on Monday, per the …

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  Hackers are hijacking WordPress sites to push Windows and Mac malware

  TechCrunch - Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai

  Hackers are exploiting outdated versions of WordPress and plug-ins to alter thousands of websites in an attempt to trick visitors to download and install malware, security researchers have found. The hacking campaign is still “very much live,” Simon Wijckmans, the founder and CEO of web security …

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  SonicWall says hackers are exploiting a new zero-day bug to breach customer networks

  TechCrunch - Zack Whittaker

  Cybersecurity company SonicWall says hackers are exploiting a newly discovered vulnerability in one of its enterprise products to break into its customers’ corporate networks. SonicWall said in an advisory that the vulnerability in its SMA1000 remote access appliance, which companies use to allow …

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  How the ransomware attack at Change Healthcare went down: A timeline

  TechCrunch - Zack Whittaker

  A February 2024 ransomware attack on UnitedHealth-owned health tech company Change Healthcare stands as the largest data breach of health and medical data in U.S. history. Change Healthcare confirmed in January 2025 that its data breach affects approximately 190 million people in America, almost …

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  FBI’s warrantless ‘backdoor’ searches ruled unconstitutional

  The Verge - Emma Roth

  Following years of litigation, a federal court has finally ruled it unconstitutional for the FBI to search communications of US citizens collected under Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). In a ruling unsealed last week, US District Court Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall …