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Booking. com confirms data breach; says hackers accessed user info
21+ hour, 9+ min ago (234+ words) Booking. com, the travel booking company, has confirmed that hackers may have accessed customers" personal information, including names, email addresses, phone numbers and booking details, in a breach the company disclosed to users this past week. The company said on…...
Hacking group stole 92 GB data of EU in recent cyberattack
1+ week, 5+ day ago (182+ words) The European Union's cybersecurity agency, CERT-EU, said on April 2 that a recent cyberattack targeting the bloc's executive arm was carried out by a hacking group known as Team PCP." In a recent post, CERT-EU said, "On March 28, the data extortion…...
Questions at the ICT: Bribery claim, Facebook post and a replaced CCTV drive
2+ week, 2+ day ago (583+ words) A Facebook post by an International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prosecutor sparked a major outcry after alleging that the wife of former sub-inspector Sheikh Abzalul Haque, an accused in a case, visited the chamber of an influential prosecutor carrying a heavy…...
Shwapno files GD seven months after cyberattack exposed customer data
2+ week, 3+ day ago (230+ words) Bangladesh's largest supermarket chain Shwapno has filed a general diary (GD) with Tejgaon Industrial Area Police Station, seven months after its customer database was compromised in a cyberattack. The GD was lodged on March 28 by Md Masum Billah, head of…...
Shwapno's database hacked; 40 lakh customers" details at risk
2+ week, 5+ day ago (319+ words) The country's largest supermarket chain Shwapno has said hackers breached its customer database and are demanding a ransom of $1. 5 million, or more than Tk 18. 3 crore. The disclosure came after customer names, phone numbers and purchase histories began making round-ups on…...
State-developed i Phone hacking tools reused by cybercriminals, Google warns
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (196+ words) A suite of sophisticated hacking tools originally deployed in government-linked operations against Apple i Phones is now being used by cybercriminal groups, according to a recent blog by Google. It remains unclear how the exploit kit spread beyond its original…...
Notepad++ targeted by Chinese-linked hackers
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (244+ words) The popular Notepad++ code editing software was compromised by a Chinese-linked cyberespionage group, which hijacked its software update system to deliver malware to select users, the program's developer and security researchers recently confirmed. According to the developer, Don Ho, hackers…...