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The then-Uber CEO Travis Kalanic was reoprtedly aware of the breach and the bug bounty payment, which was made in November 2016.

Major banking applications used by HSBC, NatWest and Co-op had potential to let hackers steal usernames and passwords of account holders.

Prison service, tax collection and social services for the elderly among victims of vicious hack attack on North Carolina local government.

The state-sponsored hackers used Israeli-made spyware to spy targets residing in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, Australia, India and others.

Hackers have reportedly threatened to leak more explicit photos of the wrestler in an upcoming Fappening-like leak.

The data leak is caused by the website's flawed default security settings, leaving users vulnerable to blackmail and hacking.

As cryptocurrency continues to grow exponentially in popularity and value, this isn't the first time hackers have targeted a digital currency platform

Europol, the FBI and other European law enforcement authorities recently took down the massive Andromeda malware botnet that has been active since 2011.

Satori can also exploit a recently discovered zero-day flaw, which the botnet has already used to infect two widely-used home routers.

The malware called "Troubleshooter" infects a targeted device and displays the infamous, nerve-rattling BSOD to unsuspecting users.

Konrads Voits used classic phishing, social engineering techniques and malware to carry out the attack over several months.

The San Francisco-based firm leaked data such as internal builds of numerous clients including NFL, CBS, Amex, NBA, FOX, PGA and more.

Over the past six months, the Andromeda botnet has been detected or blocked on an average of nearly 1.1 million machines a month.

Cybersecurity experts were alarmed by the relaxed attitude on password security – which nonchalantly shunned password best practices issued by the MP's own government.

The new system lures hackers into an alternate reality where they are fooled into believing the attack is a success, while their methods and tools are analysed.

"The security of TIO's systems and the protection of TIO's customers are our highest priorities," PayPal said.

He is already serving a 27-year sentence for a massive computer hacking and credit card fraud scheme targeting US businesses that resulted in nearly $170m in damages.

The exposed data included information such as customers' names, credit reports, full credit card and bank account numbers, and more.

Dmitry Medvedev, the PM of Russia, today (30 November) said that state-sponsored hacking and espionage is normal, criticising the belief that every hack has Kremlin links.

Clarksons confirmed the hack, adding that hackers managed to access its systems by using a compromised user account.

"The public will want to know how there could be this catastrophic breach of personal data security," London Mayor Sadiq Khan said.

Some of the most popular cryptocurrency apps on Google Play, the official Android marketplace, have severe security issues that could leave online currency open to hacking.

Google said that the backdoor spyware, which was found in several Play Store apps, affected around 1,300 devices.

Researchers at Fortinet said threat actors have been using the CVE-2017-11882 exploit which has been active for nearly a decade.

Mac OS High Sierra has a major security flaw that allows anyone to 'hack' into the system by just typing "root".

The data was left freely exposed due to an unsecured Amazon cloud storage server and could have been downloaded by anyone.

Karim Baratov admitted to hacking more than 11,000 email accounts in total for both the FSB and customers between 2010 until his arrest in March 2017.

UK capital has more than 2.5 million exposed electronic devices from routers to medical equipment to company databases.

US authorities linked Boyusec to an elite cyberespionage group APT3, which is believed to have ties to China's spy agency.

"From an identity thief's perspective, it seems like the only question missing from this list is, 'What was the name of your first pet?'," security expert Brian Krebs said.