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Carly Page

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Journalist & copywriter with 10+ years covering the tech industry, formerly senior cybersecurity reporter at TechCrunch. Bylines include IT Pro, LeadDev, The Register, The Telegraph, TIME, WIRED, & more. ☎️ Signal: carly.44
 ✉️ carlypagewrites@gmail.com

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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
happy new year! i’m back on the cybersecurity desk at The Register from tomorrow, pls send me your tips & scoops (signal/email in bio)
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Allan “Ransomware Sommelier” Liska @ransomwaresommelier.com · 16/12/2025
Good morning! Last night @greenarcher.io released the newest issue of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar! Details about why I created this issue (edited by the extremely talented @carlypage.bsky.social) are in our newsletter. But, I wanted to tell you about the hacking group featured in this comic…
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The Gr33n H0rm3tz Matter!
Just in time for the holiday, treat yourself to an all new Johnny Dollar adventure (stay tuned for a special offer)!
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Lindsay Clark @datadictum.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Great story from colleague @carlypage.bsky.social Defra is department which made vets buy old laptops on eBay because it was the only way to access the system which recorded bovine TB
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Cops have seized the latest incarnation of Breach Forums, which had become the public-facing leak shop for Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters' latest extortion campaign. The group claims the takedown has "no impact" on its planned leak of ~1 billion Salesforce records www.theregister.com/2025/10/10/c...
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Cops seize Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters' BreachForums domain
: US and French fuzz pull the plug on Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters' latest leak shop targeting Salesforce
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
From PAYE to P45: HMRC staff fired for prying into taxpayer data www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/h...
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HMRC staff fired for prying into taxpayer data
: Agency swears breaches are rare, just not rare enough to stop 186 being binned for sticky fingers
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Alexa hits snooze on basic functions as alarms and timers KO'd in UK outage www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/a...
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Alarms and timers KO’d in UK outage
: Brits wake to a beeping nightmare as Amazon’s AI assistant forgets how to set – or stop – alarms
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Law and water: Russia blamed for US court system break-in and Norwegian dam drama www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/l...
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Russia blamed for US court hack and Norwegian dam drama
: Moscow-linked miscreants accused of swiping sealed US court files and fiddling with a Norwegian dam’s floodgates
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
re-sharing as i'm on The Reg cyber desk a bunch over the next few weeks - send me your tips!
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
can't believe The Reg are already letting me get away with headlines like this www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/e...
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Dior tells customers their data was swiped in cyber snafu
Updated: French fashion house dishes out notices after hackers raided a client database – ShinyHunters suspected
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
news! i'm going to be doing some shifts on the cybersecurity desk at The Register. if you've got any tips/scoops/spicy stories, send them my way - Signal & email in bio. ty!
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
yeah having a really productive day thanks
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
hello! 👋 after being made redundant from TechCrunch, I took some much-needed time to hang out with my daughter, touch grass, and briefly forget how to write. good news: I think I’ve remembered, so do get in touch if you're looking for a tech journalist/writer/editor/mix of the above
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
some ✨personal news✨ i've been redundant and it's my last week at TechCrunch. i’m going to be returning to the world of freelance, so if you need an experienced tech journalist / copywriter / editor / or a mix of the above, please get in touch carlypagewrites@gmail.com
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 21/03/2025
In a statement, Apple told me that it took action against fewer than 250 iCloud users that were affected by the breach at SpyX. Apple said when data breaches at other companies pose a risk to its customers, its security teams investigate & take action. More: techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/d...
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Exclusive: Data breach at stalkerware SpyX affects close to 2 million, including thousands of Apple users
Another consumer-grade spyware operation was hacked in June 2024, which exposed thousands of Apple Account credentials.
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
NEW: North Korea is reportedly launching a new cybersecurity research unit called Research Center 227, which will be housed within the intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), and will focus on AI-based hacking and stealing digital assets. techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/n...
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North Korea launches new unit with a focus on AI hacking, per report | TechCrunch
North Korea is reportedly launching a new cybersecurity unit called Research Center 227 within its intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB).
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Hackers are ramping up attempts to exploit a trio of year-old ServiceNow vulnerabilities to break into unpatched company instances techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/h...
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Hackers are ramping up attacks using year-old ServiceNow security bugs to target unpatched systems | TechCrunch
Threat intelligence startup GreyNoise says it has observed a ‘notable resurgence’ in attack activity
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
The Pennsylvania State Education Association says hackers stole the sensitive personal and financial information of more than half a million of its members.  PSEA said it “took steps” to ensure the stolen data was deleted, suggesting it paid a ransom demand techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/u...
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US teachers' union says hackers stole sensitive personal data on over 500,000 members | TechCrunch
PSEA says it "took steps to ensure" its stolen data was deleted, suggesting a ransom demand was paid
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 19/03/2025
NEW, by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: Citizen Lab have named several countries, including Canada, as potential customers of Paragon's Graphite spyware, weeks after WhatsApp notified 90 users — including a journalist and human rights defenders — that their devices were targeted by the Israeli-made spyware.
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Researchers name several countries as potential Paragon spyware customers | TechCrunch
The Citizen Lab said it believes several governments may be customers of spyware maker Paragon Solutions.
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
CISA is scrambling to contact more than 130 former employees after a federal court ruled that the Trump administration must reinstate workers it “unlawfully” fired techcrunch.com/2025/03/18/c...
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CISA scrambles to contact fired employees after court rules layoffs 'unlawful' | TechCrunch
Federal court rules U.S. cybersecurity agency must re-hire over 100 former employees
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Security researchers say hackers linked to the notorious LockBit gang are exploiting a pair of Fortinet firewall vulnerabilities to deploy ransomware on company networks techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/h...
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Hackers are exploiting Fortinet firewall bugs to plant ransomware | TechCrunch
Security researchers say that a threat actor it calls Mora_001 has ‘close ties’ to the Russia-linked hacking group
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 17/03/2025
New, by me: Marko Elez, the DOGE staffer who resigned after his racist posts resurfaced (and was rehired soon after), violated Treasury rules when he sent an unencrypted email containing personally identifiable information to two Trump administration officials. techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/d...
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DOGE staffer violated Treasury rules by emailing unencrypted personal data | TechCrunch
Marko Elez emailed a spreadsheet containing personal information to two Trump administration officials.
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
NEW: @journalistjagmeet.com confirmed that Indian police have arrested co-founder of the Russian crypto exchange Garantex Aleksej Besciokov. Police said arrest was under extradition law, suggesting it was on behalf of U.S. authorities who indicted Besciokov with money laundering crimes.
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Garantex administrator arrested in India under extradition law | TechCrunch
Garantex co-founder Aleksej Besciokov was arrested in India's Kerala on Tuesday under the country's extradition law.
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
NEW by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: North Korean-linked hackers uploaded Android spyware to Google Play. The spyware, which collects an “extensive amount” of sensitive data, was downloaded more than 10 times before Google removed it, according to Lookout techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/n...
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North Korean government hackers snuck spyware on Android app store | TechCrunch
Cybersecurity firm Lookout found several samples of a North Korean spyware it calls KoSpy.
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Amanda Silberling @amanda.omg.lol · 11/03/2025
the new yorker has proudly updated its style guidelines to get rid of anachronisms like "web site," "in box," and "the Internet." techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/t...
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The New Yorker has finally embraced modernity | TechCrunch
When the first email was sent in 1971, Richard Nixon was president. The video game "Pong" was still in development. The Pittsburgh Pirates were a good
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Elon Musk’s DOGE has fired more than a hundred employees working for the CISA, including “red team” employees, two people affected by the layoffs confirmed to TechCrunch  One of the affected employees said they are now looking for “DOGE-resistant gigs” techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/d...
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DOGE axes CISA ‘red team’ amid ongoing federal cuts | TechCrunch
Affected staff say more than 100 employees working to protect U.S. government networks were ‘axed’ with no prior warning
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
A hacker compromised PowerSchool months before its massive data breach in December. The hacker used the same compromised credentials used in the December breach to access PowerSchool’s network in August, according to CrowdStrike techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/h...
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Hacker accessed PowerSchool’s network months before massive December breach | TechCrunch
CrowdStrike says a hacker had access to PowerSchool's internal system as far back as August.
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
NEW: After authorities took down the domains of Russian crypto exchange's Garantex, and charged two of its administrators for facilitating money laundering, the company is now inviting customers for “face-to-face meetings” at its headquarters. 🤔 techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/f...
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Following takedown operation, Garantex invites customers to 'face-to-face' Moscow meeting | TechCrunch
Russian crypto exchange Garantex has yet to directly address the international law enforcement operation that resulted in the seizure of its domains, and criminal charges against two of its administra...
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
NEW: The U.S. government has accused two administrators of Russian crypto exchange Garantex of facilitating money laundering for terrorists and cybercriminals. Aleksej Besciokov and Aleksandr Mira Serda allegedly knew they were helping ransomware hackers as well as DPRK's Lazarus Group.
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US charges admins of Garantex for allegedly facilitating crypto money laundering for terrorists and hackers | TechCrunch
The administrators of Garantex, Aleksej Besciokov and Aleksandr Mira Serda, allegedly knew their crypto exchange was used to launder money, according to U.S. prosecutors.
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Japanese telecom giant NTT Communications says hackers stole the data of almost 18,000 corporate customers during a February cyberattack. It’s not yet known how many individuals had personal data stolen or who was behind the NTT breach techcrunch.com/2025/03/07/j...
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Japanese telco giant NTT Com says hackers accessed details of almost 18,000 organizations | TechCrunch
Unidentified hackers breached NTT Com’s network to steal personal information of employees at thousands of corporate customers
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The FBI is warning that scammers are impersonating the BianLian ransomware gang using fake ransom notes sent to US corporate executives techcrunch.com/2025/03/07/f...
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FBI says scammers are targeting US executives with fake BianLian ransom notes | TechCrunch
The FBI is warning that scammers are impersonating the BianLian ransomware gang using fake ransom notes sent to U.S. corporate executives. The fake ransom
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 06/03/2025
New, by me: U.K. health giant HCRG, which was hacked last month, demanded a U.S.-based cybersecurity journalist who writes at DataBreaches.net "take down" their reporting, citing a U.K. court order. The journalist declined to comply, citing a lack of jurisdiction. techcrunch.com/2025/03/06/h...
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Hacked health firm HCRG demanded journalist 'take down' data breach reporting, citing UK court order | TechCrunch
DataBreaches.net declined to comply, citing a lack of jurisdiction.
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
NEW: U.S. Secret Service and other international law enforcement agencies have seized the website of Russian crypto exchange Garantex. Garantex had previously been sanctioned by U.S. government for being associated with ransomware gangs like Conti, and by EU government for ties to Russian banks.
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Russian crypto exchange Garantex seized by law enforcement operation | TechCrunch
An international coalition of law enforcement agencies seized the official website of Garantex, which has previously been sanctioned by the U.S. and E.U. governments.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 06/03/2025
The U.K. government has quietly scrubbed encryption advice from its government web pages. This comes just weeks after the U.K. government demanded backdoor access to encrypted data stored on Apple’s cloud storage service. from @carlypage.bsky.social: techcrunch.com/2025/03/06/u...
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UK quietly scrubs encryption advice from government websites | TechCrunch
The UK is no longer recommending the use of encryption for at-risk groups following its iCloud backdoor demands
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
The UK government appears to have quietly scrubbed encryption advice from government web pages. The change comes just weeks after demanding backdoor access to encrypted data stored on Apple’s cloud storage service techcrunch.com/2025/03/06/u...
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UK quietly scrubs encryption advice from government websites | TechCrunch
The UK is no longer recommending the use of encryption for at-risk groups following its iCloud backdoor demands
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
NEW: A Barcelona court ruled that NSO Group co-founders Omri Lavie and Shalev Hulio, as well as former executive of two affiliate companies Yuval Somekh, can be charged for the alleged hacking of a lawyer. “We have no comment,” NSO Group told us. techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/c...
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Catalan court says NSO Group executives can be charged in spyware investigation | TechCrunch
The ruling said that a lower court can charge two NSO Group co-founders and a former executive of two affiliate companies for the alleged hacking of a lawyer.
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The Department of Justice has announced criminal charges against 12 Chinese government-linked hackers who are accused of hacking over 100 American organizations, including the U.S. Treasury, over the course of a decade techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/j...
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Justice Department charges Chinese hackers-for-hire linked to Treasury breach | TechCrunch
The individuals are accused of hacking over 100 U.S. organizations over the course of a decade
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 05/03/2025
New, by me: CIA Director John Ratcliffe has confirmed that the Trump administration paused intelligence sharing with Ukraine, following the heated exchange between the two countries’ leaders on Friday. Ratcliffe said the pause "will go away," but didn't specify when. techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/c...
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CIA director says US has paused sharing intelligence with Ukraine | TechCrunch
The confirmation of the pause on intelligence sharing follows a heated exchange between the U.S. and Ukrainian presidents
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Broadcom is warning that a trio of VMware vulnerabilities are being actively exploited by hackers to compromise the networks of its corporate customers techcrunch.com/2025/03/05/b...
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Broadcom urges VMware customers to patch 'emergency' zero-day bugs under active exploitation | TechCrunch
Security experts warn of ‘huge impact’ of actively exploited hypervisor flaws that allow sandbox escape
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
POLSA, Poland’s space agency, says it's working to restore services following a cyberattack techcrunch.com/2025/03/04/p...
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Polish space agency says it's investigating a cyberattack | TechCrunch
Poland's space agency (POLSA) says it is working to restore services following a cybersecurity incident. POLSA, the Polish government agency responsible
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 03/03/2025
New, by me: A month on from its ransomware attack, Lee Enterprises is still experiencing disruption and outages — including payments to freelancers and other outside vendors. One person, who is owed thousands of dollars, said have no idea when they are getting paid. techcrunch.com/2025/03/03/l...
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Lee Enterprises ransomware attack hits freelance and contractor payments | TechCrunch
The ransomware attack is affecting Lee's ability to pay outside vendors, including freelancers and contractors, TechCrunch has learned.
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The US has suspended its offensive cyber operations against Russia, according to reports. The reported policy change comes just months after the US intelligence community said Russia poses an “enduring cyber threat” to US critical infrastructure techcrunch.com/2025/03/03/u...
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US said to halt offensive cyber operations against Russia  | TechCrunch
The reported policy shift comes as the U.S. government signals a change in its threat assessment of Russia
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
NEW: Google fixed three zero-day vulnerabilities in Android that were used by authorities to unlock phones with Cellebrite forensic tools. The fixes come after Amnesty alerted Google, following the analysis of a Serbian student protester's phone. techcrunch.com/2025/02/28/r...
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Researchers uncover unknown Android flaws used to hack into a student's phone | TechCrunch
Amnesty International said that Google fixed previously unknown flaws in Android that allowed authorities to unlock phones using forensic tools. On
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
The Belgian federal prosecutor's office confirmed to TechCrunch that it is investigating an alleged breach of its state security service (VSSE) by China-backed hackers.  The hackers reportedly used a Barracuda ESG vulnerability to access VSSE’s external mail server techcrunch.com/2025/02/28/b...
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Belgium investigating alleged cyberattack on intelligence agency by China-linked hackers | TechCrunch
The hackers reportedly exploited a flaw in US cybersecurity firm Barracuda’s software to access VSSE's email server
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
NEW: After security researchers and firms accused North Korea of the massive Bybit hack, the FBI follows suit. North Korean government hackers allegedly stoled more than $1.4 billion in Ethereum from the crypto exchange. techcrunch.com/2025/02/27/f...
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FBI says North Korea 'responsible' for $1.4 billion Bybit heist | TechCrunch
The U.S. government law enforcement agency said a North Korean government hacking group it calls TraderTraitor was behind the massive hack of Bybit.
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
NEW: Hacked crypto exchange Bybit is offering $140 million in bounties to anyone who can help locate and freeze the stolen ethereum. Bybit also disclosed preliminary results of investigations, which reveal hackers breached a developer’s device at a wallet platform Safe Wallet.
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Hacked crypto exchange Bybit offers $140 million bounty to trace stolen funds | TechCrunch
Bybit has already paid more than $4 million to bounty hunters who helped trace and freeze some of the stolen funds.
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
NEW: Cellebrite said it stopped authorities in Serbia from using of its cellphone forensic tools. Decision comes after cases where Serbian police and intelligence used Cellebrite to unlock activist and journalist phone to then install spyware on them. techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/c...
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Cellebrite suspends Serbia as customer after claims police used firm's tech to plant spyware | TechCrunch
Security researchers found evidence that Cellebrite was used by Serbian police to hack into the cellphones of a local journalist and an activist.
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Australian IVF provider Genea confirms hackers have leaked patient data after Termite listed the firm on its dark web site. A court order prohibiting publication of the data reveals hackers breached Genea's network in January to steal more than 900GB of information techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/h...
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Hackers publish sensitive patient data allegedly stolen from Australian IVF provider Genea | TechCrunch
Genea gets a court injunction after ransomware gang Termite claims to have leaked patient information
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Security researchers are warning that data exposed to the internet, even for a moment, can linger in online generative AI chatbots like Microsoft Copilot long after the data is made private techcrunch.com/2025/02/26/t...
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Thousands of exposed GitHub repos, now private, can still be accessed through Copilot | TechCrunch
Data exposed even briefly can live on in generative AI chatbots long after the data is made private.
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Carly Page @carlypage.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
DISA Global Solutions has confirmed a data breach affecting 3.3 million people. The Texas-based company, which provides services including drug and alcohol testing and background checks, said the stolen data includes individuals' SSNs and financial information techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/u...
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US employee screening giant DISA says hackers accessed data of more than 3M people | TechCrunch
The Texas-based company said hackers accessed applicants’ SSNs and financial information
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