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WazirX Hacker Moves Millions Worth of ETH Using Tornado Cash, Suggests Arkham Research
Data collected by Arkham Research showed that the hacker who exploited the WazirX wallet for over $230 million (roughly Rs. 1,900 crore) is using the controversial Tornado Cash platform to do so. The exchange said it is working with law enforcement agencies and the CERT-In to identify the hacker.
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Man Kills Nephew With Axe, Injures Sister-In-Law For Denying Him Tobacco: Madhya Pradesh Cops
A man allegedly hacked his five-year-old nephew to death with an axe and injured his sister-in-law after she did not give him tobacco at their home in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, police said on Sunday.
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US Govt Could Be World’s Largest BTC Reserve Owing to Seizures from Silk Road, Bitfinex Hack
Owing to three big seizures from criminal cases, the US Treasury is estimated to be in possession of at least 194,188 BTC. Presently, this number amounts to $5.5 billion (roughly Rs. 45,778 crore).
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Proof Humans Reshaped The World? Chicken Bones
When aliens or our distant progeny sift through layers of sediment 500,000 years from now to decode the Earth's past, they will find unusual evidence of the abrupt change that upended life half-a-million years earlier: chicken bones.
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Law Against "Love Jihad" In Maharashtra Next? Devendra Fadnavis Says...
His statement came after a meeting with the father of Shraddha Walkar, who was killed by her boyfriend Aaftab Amin Poonawala and hacked into pieces in a case that has stunned the country.
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AIIMS Delhi Cyberattack Highlights Security Risks, Online Operations Resume After Two Weeks
AIIMS Delhi was hit by a cyberattack two weeks ago, crippling the online services of Delhi's leading hospital, which resumed online registrations on Wednesday. The November 23 attack on AIIMS Delhi was followed by a series of failed attempts to hack the country's top medical research organisation, the Indian Council of Medical Research.
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RaHDIt Hacker Group Leaks Personal Information of Russian Citizens Working With Ukrainian Intelligence: Report
The RaHDIt hacking group, based in Russia, has leaked personal information of Russian citizens who have collaborated with Ukrainian military intelligence, according to a report by Sputnik. The hackers leaked details of thousands of Ukrainian officers, their relatives and people living with them. The data on the alleged spies include representatives...
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Google Reveals Italian Spyware Used for Hacking Apple, Android Smartphones
Google's new report has revealed how Italy-based RCS Lab helped to hack Apple and Android smartphones in Italy, Kazakhstan. Meanwhile, Google said it had taken steps to protect users of its Android operating system and alerted them about the spyware.
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Meta Gave User Data To Hackers Who Forged Legal Requests: Report
Facebook owner Meta gave user information to hackers who pretended to be law enforcement officials last year, a company source said Wednesday, highlighting the risks of a measure used in urgent cases.
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FBI Says "Tested" Pegasus Maker NSO Group's Spyware, Didn't Use For Probe
The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday acknowledged that it acquired and tested a hacking tool made by Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, but the US law enforcement agency said it did not use it for any investigation.
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Pegasus Spyware Used to Hack Phones of Salvadoran Journalists Investigating Alleged State Corruption: Report
The cell phones of nearly three dozen journalists and activists in El Salvador, several of whom were investigating alleged state corruption, have been hacked since mid-2020 and implanted with sophisticated spyware typically available only to governments and law enforcement, a Canadian research institute said it has found.
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US Wins Appeal Over Extradition Of Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange
The United States won an appeal in London's High Court to have Wikileaks founder Julian Assange extradited to face criminal charges, including breaking a spying law and conspiring to hack government computers.
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Facebook Disrupted Pakistan Hacking Group Targeting Afghan Users: Report
Facebook's parent company announced that it took actions against groups of hackers in Pakistan that targeted people who were connected to the previous Afghan government, military, and law enforcement in Kabul.
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Microsoft Says Chinese Hackers Targeted US Groups via Its Exchange Server Software
Microsoft said that a “highly skilled and sophisticated” state-sponsored group operating from China has been trying to steal information from a number of American targets, including universities, defence contractors, law firms, and infectious-disease researchers. It said that a hacking group exploited a bug in its Exchange Server software to ga...
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Russia 'Likely' Behind SolarWinds Hack: US Intelligence
US intelligence and law enforcement agencies said that Russia was probably behind the massive SolarWinds hack that has shaken government and corporate security, contradicting President Donald Trump, who had suggested China could be to blame.
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WazirX Hacker Moves Millions Worth of ETH Using Tornado Cash, Suggests Arkham Research
Data collected by Arkham Research showed that the hacker who exploited the WazirX wallet for over $230 million (roughly Rs. 1,900 crore) is using the controversial Tornado Cash platform to do so. The exchange said it is working with law enforcement agencies and the CERT-In to identify the hacker.
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Man Kills Nephew With Axe, Injures Sister-In-Law For Denying Him Tobacco: Madhya Pradesh Cops
A man allegedly hacked his five-year-old nephew to death with an axe and injured his sister-in-law after she did not give him tobacco at their home in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, police said on Sunday.
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US Govt Could Be World’s Largest BTC Reserve Owing to Seizures from Silk Road, Bitfinex Hack
Owing to three big seizures from criminal cases, the US Treasury is estimated to be in possession of at least 194,188 BTC. Presently, this number amounts to $5.5 billion (roughly Rs. 45,778 crore).
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Proof Humans Reshaped The World? Chicken Bones
When aliens or our distant progeny sift through layers of sediment 500,000 years from now to decode the Earth's past, they will find unusual evidence of the abrupt change that upended life half-a-million years earlier: chicken bones.
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Law Against "Love Jihad" In Maharashtra Next? Devendra Fadnavis Says...
His statement came after a meeting with the father of Shraddha Walkar, who was killed by her boyfriend Aaftab Amin Poonawala and hacked into pieces in a case that has stunned the country.
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AIIMS Delhi Cyberattack Highlights Security Risks, Online Operations Resume After Two Weeks
AIIMS Delhi was hit by a cyberattack two weeks ago, crippling the online services of Delhi's leading hospital, which resumed online registrations on Wednesday. The November 23 attack on AIIMS Delhi was followed by a series of failed attempts to hack the country's top medical research organisation, the Indian Council of Medical Research.
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RaHDIt Hacker Group Leaks Personal Information of Russian Citizens Working With Ukrainian Intelligence: Report
The RaHDIt hacking group, based in Russia, has leaked personal information of Russian citizens who have collaborated with Ukrainian military intelligence, according to a report by Sputnik. The hackers leaked details of thousands of Ukrainian officers, their relatives and people living with them. The data on the alleged spies include representatives...
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Google Reveals Italian Spyware Used for Hacking Apple, Android Smartphones
Google's new report has revealed how Italy-based RCS Lab helped to hack Apple and Android smartphones in Italy, Kazakhstan. Meanwhile, Google said it had taken steps to protect users of its Android operating system and alerted them about the spyware.
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Meta Gave User Data To Hackers Who Forged Legal Requests: Report
Facebook owner Meta gave user information to hackers who pretended to be law enforcement officials last year, a company source said Wednesday, highlighting the risks of a measure used in urgent cases.
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FBI Says "Tested" Pegasus Maker NSO Group's Spyware, Didn't Use For Probe
The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday acknowledged that it acquired and tested a hacking tool made by Israeli surveillance company NSO Group, but the US law enforcement agency said it did not use it for any investigation.
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Pegasus Spyware Used to Hack Phones of Salvadoran Journalists Investigating Alleged State Corruption: Report
The cell phones of nearly three dozen journalists and activists in El Salvador, several of whom were investigating alleged state corruption, have been hacked since mid-2020 and implanted with sophisticated spyware typically available only to governments and law enforcement, a Canadian research institute said it has found.
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US Wins Appeal Over Extradition Of Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange
The United States won an appeal in London's High Court to have Wikileaks founder Julian Assange extradited to face criminal charges, including breaking a spying law and conspiring to hack government computers.
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Facebook Disrupted Pakistan Hacking Group Targeting Afghan Users: Report
Facebook's parent company announced that it took actions against groups of hackers in Pakistan that targeted people who were connected to the previous Afghan government, military, and law enforcement in Kabul.
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Microsoft Says Chinese Hackers Targeted US Groups via Its Exchange Server Software
Microsoft said that a “highly skilled and sophisticated” state-sponsored group operating from China has been trying to steal information from a number of American targets, including universities, defence contractors, law firms, and infectious-disease researchers. It said that a hacking group exploited a bug in its Exchange Server software to ga...
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Russia 'Likely' Behind SolarWinds Hack: US Intelligence
US intelligence and law enforcement agencies said that Russia was probably behind the massive SolarWinds hack that has shaken government and corporate security, contradicting President Donald Trump, who had suggested China could be to blame.
