Automaker giant Stellantis says customers’ personal data stolen during breach
One report says, citing the hackers who took credit for the breach, that 18 million customer records were stolen from Stellantis’ customer database.
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Unit 221B raises $5 million to help track and disrupt today’s top hacking groups
The seed funding raise will help Unit 221B expand its threat intelligence platform, which tracks the English-speaking youth hacking phenomenon.
US government charges British teenager accused of at least 120 ‘Scattered Spider’ hacks
Thalha Jubair, 19, was arrested in London on Thursday and accused by U.K. and U.S. authorities of involvement in dozens of hacks, including London’s transit system and the U.S. Courts.
Jaguar Land Rover to pause production for third week due to cyberattack
The company owned by Tata Motors is estimated to be losing millions of pounds a week due to the shutdown.
VC firm Insight Partners says thousands of staff and limited partners had personal data stolen in a ransomware attack
The venture capital giant, behind cyber giants Wiz and Databricks, notified current and former employees, as well as the firm’s limited partners, that their data was stolen in a January cyberattack.
Samsung patches zero-day security flaw used to hack into its customers’ phones
The Galaxy phone maker said it was notified in August that hackers are actively exploiting the security flaw to target Samsung customers.
Apple’s latest iPhone security feature just made life more difficult for spyware makers
Apple launched a new security feature for iPhone 17 and iPhone Air designed to reduce the effect of memory corruption bugs, and in turn make spyware and zero-days more difficult to hack into iPhones.
France says Apple notified victims of new spyware attacks
The French government says Apple sent out threat notifications to customers alerting them to spyware attacks earlier in September.
Jaguar Land Rover says data stolen in disruptive cyberattack
The cyberattack at Jaguar Land Rover, which began on September 2, has ground vehicle assembly lines to a standstill.
Plex urges users to change passwords after data breach
Customers are urged to take action after a database containing scrambled passwords and authentication information was compromised.