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Coverage of hacker in the Nexus archive.
- Travel mistake puts phone, laptop and streaming accounts at risk
Public Wi-Fi networks pose significant security risks, including packet sniffing and 'evil twin' attacks, which can expose passwords, session tokens, and personal data. Hackers can intercept unencrypted traffic or trick users into fake networks to steal account access, but using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) can mitigate these threats by encrypting online activity.
- Crypto’s next billion-dollar hacker may move at superhuman speed
The article discusses the possibility of a hacker in the cryptocurrency space who may operate at superhuman speed, potentially leading to significant financial gains. It highlights concerns about the rapid execution of attacks in the crypto domain.
- Hackers breach JDownloader website to serve malware-laced downloads
Hackers breached the JDownloader website, serving malware-laced downloads to users. Recently downloaded software may have installed malware. Users who downloaded the software are at risk.
- Polymarket denies data breach, says hacker is selling public data
Polymarket has denied reports of a data breach, stating that a hacker is selling publicly available data. The hacker claims to have accessed other prediction markets and plans to release the data within days.
- French govt agency confirms breach as hacker offers to sell data
France Titres, the French government agency responsible for issuing administrative documents, confirmed a data breach after a hacker claimed to have stolen citizen data. The threat actor has offered the stolen data for sale, prompting the agency to disclose the incident.
- Seiko USA website defaced as hacker claims customer data theft
The Seiko USA website was defaced by hackers who claimed to have stolen its Shopify customer database and demanded a ransom to prevent data leakage. The attackers displayed a message threatening to release the data if their demands were not met.
- Web3 hosting backbone Vercel confirms breach as supposed hacker demands $2 million ransom
Vercel, a key Web3 hosting platform, confirmed a security breach where a hacker allegedly demanded $2 million in ransom. The incident raises concerns about exposed secrets from non-sensitive environment variables used by crypto and Web3 projects.
- On April 18, a hacker minted 116,500 rsETH tokens out of nothing.
A hacker exploited a vulnerability in Kelp DAO's bridge by forging a cross-chain message to mint 116,500 rsETH tokens, using them as collateral on Aave to borrow $236 million in ETH. This triggered a $5.4 billion withdrawal from Aave, causing the protocol's ETH pool to reach 100% utilization and the AAVE token to drop 19%. Justin Sun later withdrew $154 million and publicly negotiated with the hacker.
- Hacker stole £700,000 from U.K. energy company by redirecting payment
A hacker redirected a payment intended for a contractor, stealing £700,000 from a U.K. energy company. The breach highlights vulnerabilities in payment redirection processes.