A superseding US indictment of Julian Assange broadens the charges against WikiLeaks co-founder by accusing him of conspiring with a hacker affiliated with the groups Anonymous and LulzSec. The US Department of Justice revealed the new indictment on Wednesday, intended to “broaden the scope of the conspiracy” Assange was accused […]
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News 17:09 GMT 04.06.2020(updated 17:24 GMT 04.06.2020) Get short URL The hacks are said to have targeted Trump and Biden’s presidential campaigns. ‘Chinese government-linked’ hackers recently attempted to break into presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s campaign staff email accounts, while ‘Iranian government-linked’ hackers attempted to do the same against […]
The hackers who stole confidential files about stars including Lady Gaga, U2 and Bruce Springsteen from a top entertainment law firm claim to have sold information on Donald Trump to a secret buyer, and now say they’re demanding at least $1 million for details on Madonna. The REvil ransomware group, […]
Opinion 00:47 GMT 19.05.2020Get short URL The US has accused China of funding and operating hacking cells in an effort to steal its coronavirus vaccine research. According to technology and security analyst Patricia Gorky, the allegation is backhanded, given that the US has itself attempted to profit exclusively from potential […]
US 19:01 GMT 17.05.2020Get short URL The cybercriminals earlier threatened to publish allegedly incriminating documents on the POTUS in a bid to pressure the law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks to pay a ransom of $42 million for stolen data on their clients, mostly prominent celebrities. A group of […]
A shadowy online hacker collective claims to have obtained damning information on US President Donald Trump, threatening to publish the purloined documents unless someone puts up a $42 million ransom in a week’s time. The cybertheft outfit announced that it had infiltrated the computer systems of a major entertainment law […]
Hackers who broke into the networks of a celebrity law firm law firm, Grubman, Shire, Meiselas and Sacks have doubled their ransom demand to $42 million and threatened to reveal “dirty laundry” on Donald Trump in a week if they are not paid in full. On Thursday, the hackers posted a […]
Binance has frozen funds linked to the $49 million breach of the Upbit crypto exchange, as hackers tried to liquidate some of their ill-gotten gains. Most of the action around the news took place on Twitter. At just after 16:00 UTC Wednesday, bot Twitter account Whale Alert warned Binance – […]
A-list stars of the entertainment world including Madonna, Lady Gaga and Bruce Springsteen are among dozens of celebrities whose personal and business information is being held to ransom by hackers who infiltrated the systems of media and entertainment law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks. Industry sites such as Teiss […]
World 15:42 GMT 08.05.2020Get short URL Russia has repeatedly denied allegations of Moscow’s involvement in a hacking attack on the German parliament’s servers in 2015, pointing to the absence of any relevant evidence. The German magazine Der Spiegel published an article on Friday which claimed that a Russian hacker could […]