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How cybercriminals turn "harmless" stolen or leaked data into dollars

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Jun

2021

Now nearly halfway into 2021, more than two-dozen high-profile data breaches have already occurred, some involving brands such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, US Cellular, T-Mobile, Geico and Experian. Data stolen during those intrusions will affect millions of users, even though some of that data may be as innocent as an email address. That’s because stolen […]

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Hacker Who Sold UPMC Employee Information Pleads Guilty

24

May

2021

Justin Johnson, 30, is being held at Butler County Prison and will be sentenced in four months, the Tribune-Review reported. Johnson pleaded guilty Thursday to two of the 43 counts against him, one count of conspiracy and one count of aggravated identity theft. According to Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Melucci, investigators from the IRS, U.S. […]

Category Hacker Threats & Malware Written by Feedproxy 0 Comments

Threat Actor Leaks Personal Records of 250 Million American Households on Hacking Forum

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Apr

2021

A threat actor named Pompompurin has posted a treasure trove of 250 million personal records belonging to US residents. The database containing 263 GB of personally identifiable information (PII) and household-related data was leaked on a popular hacking forum last week. According to an analysis done by Hackread.com, the records contain 1255 CSV sub-files, each […]

Category Cyber-crime Data loss Identity theft Threats & Malware Written by Hotforsecurity 0 Comments

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