Who is Tech Investor John Bernard?
September 25 2020John Bernard, the subject of a story here last week about a self-proclaimed millionaire investor who has bilked countless tech startups, appears to be a pseudonym for John Clifton...
Read moreChinese Antivirus Firm Was Part of APT41 ‘Supply Chain’ Attack
September 17 2020The U.S. Justice Department this week indicted seven Chinese nationals for a decade-long hacking spree that targeted more than 100 high-tech and online gaming companies. The government alleges the...
Read moreTwo Russians Charged in $17M Cryptocurrency Phishing Spree
September 16 2020U.S. authorities today announced criminal charges and financial sanctions against two Russian men accused of stealing nearly $17 million worth of virtual currencies in a series of phishing attacks...
Read moreConfessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part II
August 27 2020Yesterday's piece told the tale of Hieu Minh Ngo, a hacker the U.S. Secret Service described as someone who caused more material financial harm to more Americans than any...
Read moreConfessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I
August 26 2020At the height of his cybercriminal career, the hacker known as "Hieupc" was earning $125,000 a month running a bustling identity theft service that siphoned consumer dossiers from some...
Read morePerhaps fittingly, a Web-streamed court hearing for the 17-year-old alleged mastermind of the July 15 mass hack against Twitter was cut short this morning after mischief makers injected a...
Read moreThree Charged in July 15 Twitter Compromise
July 31 2020Three individuals have been charged for their alleged roles in the July 15 hack on Twitter, an incident that resulted in Twitter profiles for some of the world's most...
Read moreTwitter Hacking for Profit and the LoLs
July 22 2020The New York Times last week ran an interview with several young men who claimed to have had direct contact with those involved in last week's epic hack against...
Read moreWho’s Behind Wednesday’s Epic Twitter Hack?
July 16 2020Twitter was thrown into chaos on Wednesday after accounts for some of the world's most recognizable public figures, executives and celebrities starting tweeting out links to bitcoin scams. Twitter...
Read moreBreached Data Indexer ‘Data Viper’ Hacked
July 13 2020Data Viper, a security startup that provides access to some 15 billion usernames, passwords and other information exposed in more than 8,000 website breaches, has itself been hacked and...
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