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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Microsoft Employee Emails Hacked by Russia-Linked 'Midnight Blizzard' Group, Company Says
Microsoft employee's email accounts were recently accessed by a Russian-linked hacking group, according to the company. The hackers managed to gain access to a “small number” of email accounts. Impacted employees included senior leadership and workers in cybersecurity and legal departments. The company expects some disruption as it fixes older ...
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US Ambassador To China's Email Account Breached By Chinese Hackers: Report
Hackers linked to Beijing accessed the email account of the U.S. ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, in an attack that is believed to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of individual U.S. government emails.
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Man Hacks Actor's Account, Dupes Show Organisers Of Rs 13.7 Lakh
A man was arrested for allegedly hacking the email account of actor Puneet Issar, sending a mail and getting a show of his play cancelled at a premier south Mumbai venue and pocketing Rs 13.76 lakh the latter had paid as booking and other fees.
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A Look at Business Email Compromise Scam, the Costliest Type of Cybercrime
The Business Email Compromise Scam is the costliest type of cybercrime in the US, says the FBI. In these kinds of scams, the criminals hack email accounts, pretend to be someone else, and convince victims to send money.
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Wall Street Journal Owner News Corp Says It Has Suffered a Major Hack That Stole Data From Journalists
Wall Street Journal and New York Post owner News Corp said on Friday that it has been the victim of a major hack attack that targeted journalists and stole their data including draft articles.
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Pixel Users Claim Phones Hacked While in Google Warranty Repair, Explicit Photos Stolen
Two Google Pixel users have reported hacking instances after they sent their phones to Google’s official partnered store for repair. Both users claim that explicit photos were compromised. One user even claims that a small amount was sent to someone via PayPal. Google says it is investigating these claims.
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Hackers Breached Several MPs' Email Accounts, Poland Says
The email accounts of about a dozen members of parliament were hacked recently, Polish counter-intelligence said, disclosing further details of one of the biggest cyberattacks on the country in recent years.
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SolarWinds Hackers Said to Have Gained Access to Emails of Top US Department of Homeland Security Officials
Suspected Russian hackers gained access to email accounts belonging to the Trump administration's head of the Department of Homeland Security and members of the department's cybersecurity staff whose jobs included hunting threats from foreign countries.
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BuyUcoin Cryptocurrency User Data Allegedly Affecting Lakhs of People Leaked on the Dark Web
Sensitive details of individuals available on Indian cryptocurrency exchange and wallet platform BuyUcoin have been leaked on the dark Web, according to a security researcher. The surfaced details are said to include the names, email addresses, mobile numbers, order information, and deposit history of users, as well as their bank account informatio...
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"Dozens Of US Treasury Email Accounts" Were Hacked: Senator
Hackers broke into systems used by top US Treasury officials during a massive cyberattack on government agencies and may have stolen essential encryption keys, a senior lawmaker said Monday.
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Sussanne Khan Reveals Her Instagram Account Was Hacked: "Stay Safe From Bandits"
"Hello everyone, my Instagram account was hacked by a fake email pretending to be Instagram," wrote Sussanne Khan
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Man Arrested For Duping Firms By Hacking Emails Of Executives
A 34-year-old member of a gang, which used to allegedly hack into email accounts of senior executives of multinational companies and use their ID to ask the firm's accountant to transfer money to its own bank account, has been arrested after a over four-year hunt, police said on Monday.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Personal Website Data Allegedly Leaked on the Dark Web: Report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website data has allegedly been leaked on the dark Web. The leaked data is said to include a “substantial amount” of personally identifiable information of lakhs of people. This includes name, email addresses, and mobile numbers, according to a report.
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Thousands Of Taiwan Government Email Accounts "Hacked By China": Officials
Chinese hackers infiltrated at least 10 Taiwan government agencies and gained access to around 6,000 email accounts in an attempt to steal data, officials said Wednesday.
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Amazon Paused Rollout of Microsoft Office for a Year After Hacks
Amazon paused the rollout after Microsoft discovered a Russia-linked hacker group had gained access to some of its employees’ email accounts. After conducting its own analysis of the software, Amazon asked for changes to guard against unauthorised access and create a more detailed accounting of user activity in the apps
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Microsoft Employee Emails Hacked by Russia-Linked 'Midnight Blizzard' Group, Company Says
Microsoft employee's email accounts were recently accessed by a Russian-linked hacking group, according to the company. The hackers managed to gain access to a “small number” of email accounts. Impacted employees included senior leadership and workers in cybersecurity and legal departments. The company expects some disruption as it fixes older ...
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US Ambassador To China's Email Account Breached By Chinese Hackers: Report
Hackers linked to Beijing accessed the email account of the U.S. ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, in an attack that is believed to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of individual U.S. government emails.
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Man Hacks Actor's Account, Dupes Show Organisers Of Rs 13.7 Lakh
A man was arrested for allegedly hacking the email account of actor Puneet Issar, sending a mail and getting a show of his play cancelled at a premier south Mumbai venue and pocketing Rs 13.76 lakh the latter had paid as booking and other fees.
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A Look at Business Email Compromise Scam, the Costliest Type of Cybercrime
The Business Email Compromise Scam is the costliest type of cybercrime in the US, says the FBI. In these kinds of scams, the criminals hack email accounts, pretend to be someone else, and convince victims to send money.
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Wall Street Journal Owner News Corp Says It Has Suffered a Major Hack That Stole Data From Journalists
Wall Street Journal and New York Post owner News Corp said on Friday that it has been the victim of a major hack attack that targeted journalists and stole their data including draft articles.
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Pixel Users Claim Phones Hacked While in Google Warranty Repair, Explicit Photos Stolen
Two Google Pixel users have reported hacking instances after they sent their phones to Google’s official partnered store for repair. Both users claim that explicit photos were compromised. One user even claims that a small amount was sent to someone via PayPal. Google says it is investigating these claims.
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Hackers Breached Several MPs' Email Accounts, Poland Says
The email accounts of about a dozen members of parliament were hacked recently, Polish counter-intelligence said, disclosing further details of one of the biggest cyberattacks on the country in recent years.
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SolarWinds Hackers Said to Have Gained Access to Emails of Top US Department of Homeland Security Officials
Suspected Russian hackers gained access to email accounts belonging to the Trump administration's head of the Department of Homeland Security and members of the department's cybersecurity staff whose jobs included hunting threats from foreign countries.
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BuyUcoin Cryptocurrency User Data Allegedly Affecting Lakhs of People Leaked on the Dark Web
Sensitive details of individuals available on Indian cryptocurrency exchange and wallet platform BuyUcoin have been leaked on the dark Web, according to a security researcher. The surfaced details are said to include the names, email addresses, mobile numbers, order information, and deposit history of users, as well as their bank account informatio...
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"Dozens Of US Treasury Email Accounts" Were Hacked: Senator
Hackers broke into systems used by top US Treasury officials during a massive cyberattack on government agencies and may have stolen essential encryption keys, a senior lawmaker said Monday.
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Sussanne Khan Reveals Her Instagram Account Was Hacked: "Stay Safe From Bandits"
"Hello everyone, my Instagram account was hacked by a fake email pretending to be Instagram," wrote Sussanne Khan
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Man Arrested For Duping Firms By Hacking Emails Of Executives
A 34-year-old member of a gang, which used to allegedly hack into email accounts of senior executives of multinational companies and use their ID to ask the firm's accountant to transfer money to its own bank account, has been arrested after a over four-year hunt, police said on Monday.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Personal Website Data Allegedly Leaked on the Dark Web: Report
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's personal website data has allegedly been leaked on the dark Web. The leaked data is said to include a “substantial amount” of personally identifiable information of lakhs of people. This includes name, email addresses, and mobile numbers, according to a report.
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Thousands Of Taiwan Government Email Accounts "Hacked By China": Officials
Chinese hackers infiltrated at least 10 Taiwan government agencies and gained access to around 6,000 email accounts in an attempt to steal data, officials said Wednesday.
