The hackers claim to have deleted everything they took – which included the private details and pictures of around 8,000 children as well as contact information for parents and carers. “All child data is now being deleted. No more remains and this can comfort parents,” one of the cyber-criminals involved told the BBC. It’s understood...Read More
Discord has just notified its users of a data breach that occurred a couple of weeks ago, on September 20, where hackers gained access to user information through third-party channels. Discord was not directly hacked; instead, the bad actors compromised one of its customer service providers, from which they gained access to mainly users’ contact...Read More
Thousands of Asus routers have been hacked and are under the control of a suspected China-state group that has yet to reveal its intentions for the mass compromise, researchers said. The hacking spree is either primarily or exclusively targeting seven models of Asus routers, all of which are no longer supported by the manufacturer, meaning...Read More
SooToday has heard from customers with Your Neighbourhood Credit Union who say their accounts were hacked and money was stolen. In a response to someone on social media, YNCU said the issue has been with the credit union’s Visa Debit cards. “This was a Visa Debit card fraud attempt primarily affecting members in Sault Ste....Read More
L.A. Metro shut down parts of its network after its security team detected hacking activity last month, and law enforcement and cybersecurity specialists are continuing to investigate who was behind the attack, authorities said. “On Monday, March 16, Metro proactively limited employee access to many internal administrative computer systems after the agency’s security team discovered...Read More
Ubisoft has been forced to take all Rainbow Six Siege servers offline after the game was hacked by unknown entities. The company confirmed on X at around 9:10 AM EST on Saturday, December 27, that there was an incident with the title, with its Service Status page reporting an Unplanned Outage across all platforms as...Read More
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Were you a current or former student in the last few decades? Or a parent? Or an educator? If so, your sensitive data — like Social Security numbers and medical records — may have fallen into the hands of cybercriminals. Their target was...Read More
The hack of a company that helps schools track tens of millions of students appears to be the largest breach of American children’s personal information to date, school officials and cybersecurity experts say. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. And a specially commissioned interim cybersecurity audit...Read More
When a ruse puts on a familiar face, your guard might drop, making you an easy mark. Learn how to tell a friend apart from a foe. 09 Apr 2025 • , 4 min. read News that someone close, be it a friend, relative, or colleague, has had one of their valuable online accounts compromised...Read More
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