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The hugely popular social platform Discord has revealed that official ID photos belonging to about 70,000 users may have been leaked following a cyber attack. Discord says that, while its own platform was not breached, hackers did target a third-party service provider which helps to verify the age of its users.  According to a press […]

Two seventeen-year-old boys have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police during their investigation into a cyber theft incident against London-based nursery chain Kido. According to the Met Police, the pair, who remain in custody for questioning, were arrested at residential addresses in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, suspected of computer misuse and blackmail. Orchestrators of the breach […]

Cybercriminals are constantly finding new ways to exploit human trust – and the latest weapon in their arsenal? AI chatbots and large language models (LLMs) that have become embedded in everyday platforms. These tools can be innocuous helpers, but in the wrong hands they become potent vehicles for malvertising campaigns. The Rise of “Grok” & […]

Japan’s brewing giant Asahi has revealed that personal data may have been stolen during the ransomware cyber attack which struck the company in late September. The company was forced to halt production at most of its thirty country-based factories after the attack led to major disruption, with ordering, delivery and accounting systems being heavily affected. […]

Während das Vereinigte Königreich die Einführung eines nationalen digitalen Ausweissystems prüft, werden die potenziellen Vorteile als klar dargestellt: vereinfachter Zugang zu staatlichen Dienstleistungen, schnellere Überprüfung bei Bankgeschäften und im Gesundheitswesen und geringere Abhängigkeit von physischen Dokumenten. Diese Vorteile sind zwar verlockend, doch der Schritt zu einem zentralisierten digitalen Identitätssystem wirft aus Sicht der [...]

Der amerikanische Kreditauskunftsriese TransUnion ist Opfer einer großen Datenpanne geworden, die zur Preisgabe der persönlichen Daten von 4,4 Millionen US-Bürgern geführt hat. Laut Unterlagen, die bei der Generalstaatsanwaltschaft von Maine eingereicht wurden, wurde der Verstoß am 30. Juli dieses Jahres entdeckt, zwei Tage nach dem Hacking-Vorfall. Das Unternehmen TransUnion, das [...]