FBI seize well-known Nintendo Switch game piracy site
Matt Tate / engadget - One of the most popular sites for Nintendo Switch piracy has been taken down as part of an ongoing FBI investigation. As reported by Kotaku, Nsw2u was known for hosting Switch ROMs, which users could download to play on a hacked Switch or PC emulator capa…
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EU Parliament moves to ban AI-generated child sexual abuse material as its spread accelerates
Matthias Bastian / the-decoder - The EU Parliament wants to ban AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM) as part of a new directive, citing a rapidly growing threat. The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has warned that AI-created abuse content is escalating at an alarming rate.The …
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FBI Seizes Prominent Nintendo Switch Piracy Site
Blair Marnell / gamespot - The Federal Bureau of Investigation has seized control of one of the best-known Nintendo Switch piracy sites. The home page for Nsw2u--which once hosted numerous Switch ROMs--now redirects to a message announcing the site's takedown.According to Kotaku, t…
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Russian pro basketball player arrested for alleged role in ransomware attacks
Lawrence Abrams / bleepingcomputer - Russian professional basketball player Daniil Kasatkin was arrested in France at the request of the United States for allegedly acting as a negotiator for a ransomware gang. [...]
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Four arrested in UK over M&S, Co-op, Harrod cyberattacks
Bill Toulas / bleepingcomputer - The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) arrested four people suspected of being involved in cyberattacks on major retailers in the country, including Marks & Spencer, Co-op, and Harrods. [...]
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US sanctions alleged North Korean IT sweatshop leader
Jessica Lyons / theregister - Turns out outsourcing coders to bankroll Kim’s nukes doesn’t jibe with Uncle Sam The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on 38-year-old Song Kum Hyok, a North Korean accused of attempting to hack the Treasury Department and posing as an IT worker to collect…
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M&S says Dragon Force threat group behind April cyberattack
Suhasini Srinivasaragavan / siliconrepublic - The retailer estimates that the attack will cost the company £300m in profits this year.Read more: M&S says Dragon Force threat group behind April cyberattack
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A downed cell tower has left an Alberta community without service for weeks
Bradly Shankar / mobilesyrup - A small Alberta county has been out of phone service for weeks due to a downed cell tower. As reported by CBC News, a 106-metre Telus cell tower in the municipal district of Thorhild was taken down by thieves who stole its copper wiring. The RCMP notes th…
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IT company Ingram Micro says ransomware targeted internal systems
therecord - Ingram Micro published a statement on Saturday saying it discovered “ransomware on certain of its internal systems,” which it immediately took offline.
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Phishing platforms, infostealers blamed as identity attacks soar
Connor Jones / theregister - Get your creds in order or risk BEC, ransomware attacks, orgs warned A rise in advanced phishing kits and info-stealing malware are to blame for a 156 percent jump in cyberattacks targeting user logins, say researchers.…
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Ransomware crew Hunters International shuts down, hands out keys to victims
Connor Jones / theregister - Don't let their kind words sway you – leaders are still up to no good Ransomware gang Hunters International has shut up shop and offered decryption keys to all victims as a parting favor.…
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Australian airline Qantas reveals data theft impacting six million customers
Simon Sharwood / theregister - Frequent flyers’ info takes flight Australian airline Qantas on Wednesday revealed it fell victim to a cyberattack that saw information describing six million customers stolen.…
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Apple Accuses Former Employee of Stealing Vision Pro Secrets
Hartley Charlton / macrumors - Apple is accusing one of its former engineers of stealing confidential design and development information related to the Apple Vision Pro headset and taking it to Snap, according to a lawsuit filed in California.Apple filed the complaint against Di Liu on…
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US shuts down a string of North Korean IT worker scams
Iain Thomson / theregister - Resulting in two indictments, one arrest, and 137 laptops seized The US Department of Justice has announced a major disruption of multiple North Korean fake IT worker scams.…
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Mexican Drug Cartel Hacker Used Surveillance Tech to Target FBI Informants for Execution
AJ Dellinger / gizmodo - Surveillance against the state.
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Prolific cybercrime gang now targeting airlines and the transportation sector
Zack Whittaker / techcrunch - The fresh wave of attacks targeting airlines comes soon after the hackers hit the U.K. retail sector and the insurance industry.
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Hawaiian Airlines experiences cyberattack, flight schedule unchanged
Aninda Chakraborty / techmonitor - Hawaiian Airlines, a commercial carrier in the US, has reported a cyberattack that targeted some of its IT systems.
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French cybercrime police arrest five suspected BreachForums admins
Connor Jones / theregister - Twentysomethings claimed to be linked to spate of high-profile cybercrimes The Paris police force's cybercrime brigade (BL2C) has arrested a further four men as part of a long-running investigation into the criminals behind BreachForums.…
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Chinese Hackers Hid in a Canadian Telecom for Months—Unpatched
Austin Blake / iphoneincanada - A new federal government report says that Chinese government-backed hackers—known in the cybersecurity world as Salt Typhoon—broke into the network of a Canadian telecom company earlier this year. Chinese hackers used a known flaw in Cisco equipment (call…
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Canada says telcos were breached in China-linked espionage hacks
Zack Whittaker / techcrunch - Salt Typhoon previously hacked phone and telco giants across the United States.
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