Hacker defaces NYU website, exposing admissions data on 1 million students
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March 25, 2025
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A hacker breached New York University’s website on March 22, replacing its homepage with racialized test score charts and links to datasets containing personal information on over 1 million applicants. Though the hacker claimed the data was redacted, cybersecurity experts confirmed that names, addresses, GPAs, emails, and more were exposed.
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Elon Musk’s X hit by waves of outages in what he claims is ‘a massive cyberattack’
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March 10, 2025
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Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) experienced widespread outages on March 10, 2025, which Musk claimed stemmed from a “massive cyberattack” with IP addresses traced to Ukraine. The attack reportedly caused platform access issues for tens of thousands of users globally, with disruptions peaking around 10 a.m. ET and subsiding later in the day.
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Grubhub announces data breach impacting some customers, drivers: What to know
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February 4, 2025
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Grubhub announced a data breach caused by unauthorized access via a third-party support provider’s account.
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Crypto kicks off 2025 with $74 million lost to hacks in January: Immunefi
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January 30, 2025
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The crypto industry suffered $73.9 million in losses from 19 hacks and exploits in January 2025, a ninefold increase from December, according to blockchain security firm Immunefi. However, losses were down 44.6% compared to January 2024.
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Conduent Confirms Cyberattack After Government Agencies Report Outages
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January 23, 2025
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Conduent has confirmed a cybersecurity incident after multiple U.S. state agencies, including those in Wisconsin and Oklahoma, reported service outages. The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families noted that the disruption affected payments in at least four states and was linked to a “global network issue” at Conduent.
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New Amazon Ransomware Attack—‘Recovery Impossible’ Without Payment
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January 15, 2025
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A new ransomware threat called Codefinger is targeting Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 users, leveraging AWS’s server-side encryption with customer-provided keys (SSE-C). Once attackers gain account credentials—often through reused or weak passwords—they encrypt user data with AES-256 keys that are not stored on AWS, making recovery impossible without the attacker’s key.
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US Treasury says Chinese hackers stole documents in ‘major incident’
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December 31, 2024
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In December 2024, Chinese state-sponsored hackers breached the U.S. Treasury Department by exploiting a vulnerability in a third-party cybersecurity provider, BeyondTrust.
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Records show 1.4 million patients’ data breached in Lubbock, El Paso ransomware attack
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December 19, 2024
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A ransomware attack in September 2024 on multiple medical institutions in Lubbock and El Paso, Texas, compromised the data of over 1.4 million patients.
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White House says at least 8 US telecom firms, dozens of nations impacted by China hacking campaign
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December 4, 2024
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The White House confirmed that a Chinese hacking campaign has affected at least eight U.S. telecommunications firms and dozens of countries, granting Beijing access to private communications, including texts and calls of some senior U.S. officials and political figures.
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Columbus, Ohio confirms July ransomware attack compromised data of 500K people
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November 6, 2024
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Columbus, Ohio confirmed that a ransomware attack in July 2024 compromised the personal data of 500,000 people.
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