#hackers

Israeli cybersecurity firm ClearSky has detected that the so-called hacker group CryptoCore has managed to steal over $200 million from cryptocurrency exchanges and companies in two years. For the most part, the threat actors—also named by ClearSky as Dangerous Password and Leery Turtle—have been targeting entities located in the United States and Japan.

Threat actors are now targeting Google Analytics service to harvest data entered by users. As the victims are generally Europe and Americas-based online stores selling cosmetics, food products, digital equipment, and spare parts, the stolen information includes their shoppers’ credit card details.

This piece has been written by Jesse McGraw, an activist, writer, former hacker and first person in recent U.S. history convicted for corrupting industrial control systems

North Korea has thousands of government-backed hackers trained to steal money and valuable information, disrupt infrastructure, and harass the ruling party’s targets, vice president for international security and diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute Daniel Russel told Business Insider.

The hacktivist group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for taking down the Atlanta Police Department’s (PD) website, on June 14. The move came in response to the death of Rayshard Brooks, who was killed by the police on Friday, June 12.

The world isn’t the way I remember it, and certainly not the way I left it back when I was arrested in 2009 for installing botnets and commercial remote access programs on a handful of sensitive clinic systems, which included a critical SCADA system.

Cybercriminals have broken into the computer network of Westech International, the United States military contractor, that provides engineering and maintenance support for the Minuteman III nuclear deterrent. The hackers reportedly stole confidential documents from the company and now demand that it pay a ransom.

In 2009, Jesse William McGraw, aka “GhostExodus” and the leader of the so-called Electronik Tribulation Army (ETA) hacking group, broke into a dozen computers at the orthopedic W.B. Carrell Memorial Clinic, where he worked as a night-shift security guard.

The database of Daniel’s Hosting, a now-defunct free hosting provider for dark web services, has been leaked online. The leak revealed admin passwords, emails, and other sensitive data that can help find the people behind the dark web sites and services.

Amidst the wave of public outrage following the death of George Floyd in police custody, hacktivists from Anonymous group turned their skills against the Minneapolis police department involved. The hackers have already attacked the PD’s website and promised to expose a history of crimes committed by the officers.

A hacking group linked with the Russian government has reportedly carried out a series of attacks on energy, water, and power sectors of Germany, cybersecurity-focused outlet Cyberscoop reported on May 26.

An updated version of the AnarchyGrabber trojan has begun circulating the Internet posing a threat to the communication app Discord users. The malware is reportedly geared to steal users’ passwords and tokens, disable two-factor authentication (2FA), and even spread the attack on a victim’s contacts, Bleeping Computer reported on May 24.