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Coinbase Hit By Data Breach, Refuses To Pay $20M Ransom
Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 10:58am | 462Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) on Thursday disclosed a material cybersecurity incident involving insider abuse and data theft, leading to a $20 million Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) ransom demand from a threat actor. The company has refused to pay, instead placing a $20 million bounty for information leading to...
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US Indicts 12 Chinese Nationals Over Alleged Global Hacking Operation Targeting Critics: '...Been Paying Hackers-For-Hire To Inflict Digital Harm On Americans'
Thursday, March 6, 2025 - 3:54am | 701The U.S. Justice Department has indicted 12 Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in a worldwide hacking campaign. What Happened: The Justice Department suspects China’s Ministry of Public Security and Ministry of State Security to have employed hackers to acquire confidential...
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Ron Wyden Accuses Microsoft Of Negligence In Recent Cybersecurity Breach
Friday, July 28, 2023 - 8:32am | 373Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) has called on the Justice Department to hold Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) accountable for what he describes as “negligent cybersecurity practices.” What Happened: In a letter sent on Thursday to the heads of the Justice Department, Cybersecurity and...
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EXCLUSIVE: Ex-KGB Cyber Criminals With Ties To Moscow Could Steal Your Cannabis Business Info & Money, Expert Warns
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 - 8:36pm | 1455Cybersecurity and cannabis may sound like two different worlds. In fact, cannabis operators might think no one would target an industry that does not even participate in the national banking system. Who's going to know our passwords? Who'd hack a weed company? ...
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Chinese Cybersecurity Firm Alleges Decade Of CIA Hacks Against Chinese Officials
Saturday, March 7, 2020 - 4:58pm | 423A cybersecurity company in China says it believes evidence shows the CIA has hacked government officials, scientists and industry targets in China for several years. The company, Qihoo 360, published a report online alleging a "CIA hacking group" known as APT-C-39 has been targeting...
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FireEye Surges on Acquisition Deal
Friday, January 3, 2014 - 12:13pm | 364Investors of FireEye (NASDAQ: FEYE) are off to a great start in 2014. On Friday, cyber security firm FireEye announced it has acquired Mandiant, a computer forensics specialist firm in a $1.05 billion deal. Mandiant is most famous for releasing a report in February 2013 documenting evidence of...