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  • Trump fires head of National Security Agency and Cyber Command

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    Zack Whittaker Image Credits:NSA / Getty Images The Trump administration has fired Timothy Haugh, the head of the National Security Agency and Cyber Command, several news publications reported overnight into Friday.  Haugh, a career military official, led the National Security Agency, the U.S.’ main wiretapping and intelligence gathering agency, for little more than a year…

  • Hackers are hijacking WordPress sites to push Windows and Mac malware

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    Image Credits:Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai 2:03 PM PST · January 29, 2025 Hackers are exploiting outdated versions of WordPress and plug-ins to alter thousands of websites in an attempt to trick visitors to download and install malware, security researchers have found. The hacking campaign is still “very much live,” Simon Wijckmans, the founder…

  • Columbus says ransomware gang stole personal data of 500,000 Ohio residents

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    Carly Page 6:51 AM PST · November 4, 2024 Image Credits:Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group / Getty Images The City of Columbus, Ohio’s state capital, has confirmed that hackers stole the personal data of 500,000 residents during a July ransomware attack.  In a filing with Maine’s attorney general, Columbus confirmed that a “foreign cyber threat actor”…

  • Fidelity says data breach exposed personal data of 77,000 customers

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    4:48 AM PDT · October 10, 2024 Fidelity Investments, one of the world’s largest asset managers, has confirmed that over 77,000 customers had personal information compromised during an August data breach, including Social Security numbers and driver’s licenses. The Boston, Massachusetts-based investment firm said in a filing with Maine’s attorney general on Wednesday that an unnamed third…

  • Iranian hackers charged with hacking Trump campaign to ‘stoke discord’

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    The U.S. Department of Justice announced criminal charges against three hackers working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), accusing the trio of a four-year-long hacking campaign that included this year’s hack of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.  On Friday, U.S. prosecutors published an indictment accusing Masoud Jalili, Seyyed Ali Aghamiri, and Yasar (Yaser) Balaghi of targeting the…