Category: In Brief
Hackers steal 8 million citizens’ records from Danish government database | TechCrunch
The Danish government has confirmed that its central database of citizens’ data was breached and most of its...
Kash Patel’s clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked | TechCrunch
The merchandise website of FBI director Kash Patel was taken offline on Friday after reports that it had...
Trump Mobile confirms it exposed customers’ personal data, including phone numbers and home addresses | TechCrunch
Phone provider Trump Mobile has confirmed that it was exposing customers’ names, email addresses, mailing addresses, cell numbers,...
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’ | TechCrunch
Asked about the privacy implications of chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude, Signal President Meredith Whittaker answered, “These are...
Texas government data breach allowed hackers to steal 3 million driver’s licenses and passports | TechCrunch
A data breach at a Texas state government department allowed hackers to take the driver’s license information and...
Bug in FIFA World Cup internal system gave anyone ability to modify TV stream | TechCrunch
A security researcher said she was able to access several internal FIFA platforms due to a simple security...
Amazon CEO reportedly raised Anthropic model concerns before government crackdown | TechCrunch
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy may have been the source of security concerns that led Anthropic to cut off...
South Korea hits Coupang with $400M+ fine for data breach that affected millions | TechCrunch
South Korean authorities have imposed a record-breaking fine of $624 billion won (over $400 million) on retail giant...
Cybercriminals claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft servers at 100-plus organizations | TechCrunch
The notorious cybercrime group ShinyHunters claimed to have hacked Oracle PeopleSoft servers at more than 100 organizations, many...
CISA gives US federal agencies three days to fix a VPN bug under attack by a ransomware gang | TechCrunch
A ransomware group is actively exploiting an unpatched flaw in security tools used across the U.S. federal government,...
