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US charges 12 more suspects linked to $230 million crypto theft
Twelve more suspects were charged in a RICO conspiracy for their alleged involvement in the theft of over $230 million in cryptocurrency and laundering the funds using crypto exchanges and mixing services. Two other suspects linked to this conspiracy, 20-year-old Malone Lam (aka “Greavys,” “Anne Hathaway,” and “$$$”) and 21-year-old Jeandiel Serrano (aka “Box,” “VersaceGod,” […]
CISA warns of hackers targeting critical oil infrastructure
CISA warned critical infrastructure organizations of “unsophisticated” threat actors actively targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas sectors. While these attacks use very basic tactics to compromise their targets’ industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) equipment, CISA also cautioned that they could still lead to significant impact, including physical damage and disruptions. “CISA is increasingly aware of unsophisticated […]
Unofficial Signal app used by Trump officials investigates hack
TeleMessage, an Israeli company that sells an unofficial Signal message archiving tool used by some U.S. government officials, has suspended all services after reportedly being hacked. Smarsh, the parent company of TeleMessage, confirmed that all TeleMessage services have been suspended while it’s investigating what it described as “a potential security incident.” “TeleMessage is investigating a […]
Ukrainian extradited to US for Nefilim ransomware attacks
A Ukrainian national has been extradited from Spain to the United States to face charges over allegedly conducting Nefilim ransomware attacks against companies. The suspect, Artem Aleksandrovych Stryzhak, 35, was arrested in Spain in June 2024 and extradited to the U.S. on April 30, 2025. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Stryzhak allegedly participated […]
Ascension discloses new data breach after third-party hacking incident
Ascension, one of the largest private healthcare systems in the United States, is notifying patients that their personal and health information was stolen in a December 2024 data theft attack, which affected a former business partner. The health network operates 142 hospitals nationwide, has over 142,000 employees, and has reported a total revenue of $28.3 billion in […]
FBI seeks help to unmask Salt Typhoon hackers behind telecom breaches
The FBI has asked the public for information on Chinese Salt Typhoon hackers behind widespread breaches of telecommunications providers in the United States and worldwide. In October, the FBI and CISA confirmed that the Chinese state hackers had breached multiple telecom providers (including AT&T, Verizon, Lumen, Charter Communications, Consolidated Communications, and Windstream) and many other telecom companies […]
FBI: US lost record $16.6 billion to cybercrime in 2024
The FBI says cybercriminals have stolen a record $16,6 billion in 2024, marking an increase in losses of over 33% compared to the previous year. According to the bureau’s annual Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report, IC3 recorded 859,532 complaints last year (256,256 with actual loss), amounting to an average loss of $19,372. The most impacted […]
Ahold Delhaize confirms data theft after INC ransomware claims attack
Food retail giant Ahold Delhaize confirms that data was stolen from its U.S. business systems during a November 2024 cyberattack. “Based on our investigation to date, certain files were taken from some of our internal U.S. business systems,” a spokesperson confirmed to GeekFeed. “Since the incident was detected, our teams have been working diligently to determine […]
Google begins unifying search country domains to Google.com
Google has announced that it’s retiring separate country code top-level domain names for search, like google.co.uk or google.com.br, and unifying them under Google.com. Previously, Google used to have separate country-code domains (like google.ng or google.com.br) so people could get results that were more relevant to their local area. Over time, however, Google improved how it figures out […]
MITRE warns that funding for critical CVE program expires today
MITRE Vice President Yosry Barsoum has warned that U.S. government funding for the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) and Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) programs expires today, which could lead to widespread disruption across the global cybersecurity industry. CVE, the most critical of the two, is maintained by MITRE with funding from the U.S. National Cyber Security Division […]