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DOJ pursues $2.3M in Bitcoin recovered from a suspected ‘Chaos’ ransomware operator
Invezz reports: Federal prosecutors have launched a forfeiture action to claim $2.3 million in Bitcoin allegedly tied to a ransomware actor from the newly identified Chaos group. According to a July 28 press release from the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, the Department of Justice filed a civil complaint seeking the forfeiture of […]
Russia’s Aeroflot suffers IT failure, hackers claim responsibility
Reuters reports: Russian airline Aeroflot cancelled dozens of flights on Monday after what it called a failure in its information systems, and a shadowy hacking group claimed responsibility for what it said was a crippling cyberattack. The national carrier did not provide further details about the cause of the problem or how long it would take […]
Allianz Life says ‘majority’ of customers’ personal data stolen in cyberattack
TechCrunch reports: U.S. insurance giant Allianz Life has confirmed to TechCrunch that hackers stole the personal information of the “majority” of its customers, financial professionals, and employees during a mid-July data breach. The company disclosed the data breach on Saturday in a legally required filing with Maine’s attorney general, but did not immediately provide a number of […]
Millions of Microsoft users warned passwords will be deleted in days
Birmingham Live reports: Microsoft users have been warned passwords will be deleted for millions in a matter of days. If you’ve ever used Microsoft Authenticator to manage your passwords, users are being warned to export them or risk them being lost forever. June 2025 has seen people were no longer able to save new passwords in […]
BlackSuit Ransomware Group’s Dark Web Sites Seized in Operation Checkmate
InfoSecurity Magazine reports: BlackSuit’s dark web data leak site and private negotiation panels have been taken offline in what appears to be a large-scale law enforcement operation. On July 24, the ransomware group’s leading site, usually accessible via The Onion Router (TOR), displayed a banner stating, “This site has been seized by U.S. Homeland Security […]
Clorox lawsuit says help-desk contractors handed over passwords in 2023 cyberattack
The Record reports: Cleaning product giant Clorox has filed a lawsuit against Cognizant, a company it hired to operate its IT services call-in help desk, accusing the contractor of being directly responsible for a 2023 cyberattack that cost hundreds of millions. The case, filed on Tuesday in California Superior Court, alleges that contractors working for […]
IRL Com recruits teens for real-life stabbings, shootings, FBI warns
It started with cybercrime but has expanded to real world violence. Both the FBI and the NCA have issued warnings about a concerning trend whereby teens are being recruited to engage in real life harm such as violent attacks on others. The Register reports: A subset of an online group that recruits children and teens […]
Major Russian-language hacking forum administrator arrested; forum seized
Help Net Security reports that an alleged administrator of xss.is, a dominant Russian-speaking cybercrime forum, was arrested in Kyiv, Ukraine, on 22 July. The takedown followed a long-running investigation led by the French Police and Paris Prosecutor, in close cooperation with Ukrainian authorities and Europol. As Help Net summarizes the allegations: The forum’s administrator is […]