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Police seizes Cracked and Nulled hacking forum servers, arrests suspects
Europol and German law enforcement confirmed the arrest of two suspects and the seizure of 17 servers in Operation Talent, which took down Cracked and Nulled, two of the largest hacking forums with over 10 million users. Even though some of their members are also engaged in ethical hacking discussions, these hacking forums are best […]
FBI seizes Cracked.io, Nulled.to hacking forums in Operation Talent
Update January 29, 14:15 EST: Seizure banners were added to the cracked[.] io, nulled [.] to, starkrdp [.] io, mysellix [.] io, and sellix [.] io, confirming that the domains had been seized in a joint law enforcement action dubbed “Operation Talent” that included authorities from the United States, Italy, Spain, Europe, France, Greece, Australia, and […]
TalkTalk investigates breach after data for sale on hacking forum
UK telecommunications company TalkTalk is investigating a third-party supplier data breach after a threat actor began selling alleged customer data on a hacking forum. “As part of our regular security monitoring, given our ongoing focus on protecting customers’ personal data, we were made aware of unexpected access to, and misuse of, one of our third-party […]
HPE investigates breach as hacker claims to steal source code
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is investigating claims of a new breach after a threat actor said they stole documents from the company’s developer environments. The company has told GeekFeed that it hasn’t found any evidence of a security breach, but it is investigating the threat actor’s claims. “HPE became aware on January 16 of claims […]
Telefónica confirms internal ticketing system breach after data leak
Spanish telecommunications company Telefónica confirms an internal ticketing system was breached after stolen data was leaked on a hacking forum. Telefónica is a Spanish multinational telecommunications company operating in twelve countries with over 104,000 employees. The company is the largest telecommunications firm in Spain, operating under the name Movistar. In an email to GeekFeed today, […]
Disney ditching Slack after massive July data breach
The Walt Disney Company is reportedly ditching Slack after a July data breach exposed over 1TB of confidential messages and files posted to the company’s internal communication channels. According to CNBC, Disney has already begun migrating to new “streamlined enterprise-wide collaboration tools” and emailed employees this week to say that they will finish the migration at the end […]
Fortinet confirms data breach after hacker claims to steal 440GB of files
Cybersecurity giant Fortinet has confirmed it suffered a data breach after a threat actor claimed to steal 440GB of files from the company’s Microsoft Sharepoint server. Fortinet is one of the largest cybersecurity companies in the world, selling secure networking products like firewalls, routers, and VPN devices. The company also offers SIEM, network management, and EDR/XDR […]
Toyota confirms breach after stolen data leaks on hacking forum
Toyota confirmed that its network was breached after a threat actor leaked an archive of 240GB of data stolen from the company’s systems on a hacking forum. “We are aware of the situation. The issue is limited in scope and is not a system wide issue,” Toyota told GeekFeed when asked to validate the threat […]
National Public Data confirms breach exposing Social Security numbers
Background check service National Public Data confirms that hackers breached its systems after threat actors leaked a stolen database with millions of social security numbers and other sensitive personal information. The company states that the breached data may include names, email addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers (SSNs), and postal addresses. Breach linked to late […]
Hackers leak 2.7 billion data records with Social Security numbers
Almost 2.7 billion records of personal information for people in the United States were leaked on a hacking forum, exposing names, social security numbers, all known physical addresses, and possible aliases. The data allegedly comes from National Public Data, a company that collects and sells access to personal data for use in background checks, to obtain criminal records, […]