Topic: cybercrime group
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RingCentral breach exposes data of 1.6M accounts
ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for a data breach exposing personal information of 1.6 million RingCentral accounts, including names, emails, phone numbers, and addresses, as confirmed by Have I Been Pwned. RingCentral disclosed the incident on July 28 as a "sophisticated social engineering c...
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Klue hack triggers data breaches at multiple cybersecurity firms
Cybercriminal group Icarus claims responsibility for a breach at market intelligence platform Klue, which compromised data from several high-profile cybersecurity clients including Gong, Jamf, and HackerOne. Attackers gained entry on June 12 using a compromised legacy credential linked to an inte...
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Ukrainian pleads guilty in Conti ransomware case
Ukrainian national Oleksii Oleksiyovych Lytvynenko pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in the Conti ransomware operation, which targeted over 1,000 victims globally and collected more than $150 million in Bitcoin ransom payments between 2021 and 2022. Lytvynenko admitte...
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Hackers claim breach of Oracle PeopleSoft at over 100 firms
ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for breaching Oracle PeopleSoft servers at over 100 organizations, primarily universities, exfiltrating sensitive data including student, financial, and health records. The group specializes in mass hacking by exploiting vulnerabilities in widely deployed softw...
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Foxconn confirms ransomware attack by Nitrogen group
Foxconn confirmed a ransomware attack by the Nitrogen cybercrime group, which disrupted production at multiple North American factories, though operations are now resuming. The attack resulted in the theft of 8 terabytes of data and over 11 million documents, including confidential files from cli...
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Scattered Spider Hacker Admits $8M Crypto Theft
Tyler Robert Buchanan, a member of the Scattered Spider hacking group, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for his role in a scheme that defrauded American victims of over $8 million in cryptocurrency. The group used SMS phishing (smishing) to trick emp...
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England Hockey probes ransomware attack after data breach
England Hockey is urgently investigating a significant cybersecurity incident after being listed as a victim by the AiLock ransomware gang, raising concerns over sensitive player, staff, and member data. The sports sector is an increasingly attractive target for ransomware due to holding vast per...
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Jaguar Land Rover's $220M Cyberattack Loss
A September 2025 cyberattack by Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters caused Jaguar Land Rover a £196 million loss, forcing production shutdowns and operational chaos. The UK Government intervened with a £1.5 billion loan guarantee to stabilize the supply chain, enabling production to largely resume by Octob...
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Microsoft GoAnywhere Flaw Fuels Ransomware Attacks
A critical vulnerability (CVE-2025-10035) in Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT platform is being exploited by ransomware attackers, allowing remote access without user interaction. The cybercrime group Storm-1175, linked to Medusa ransomware, is actively using this flaw to gain initial access, deploy remot...
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Microsoft, Cloudflare Shut Down Massive RaccoonO365 Phishing Operation
Microsoft and Cloudflare dismantled the RaccoonO365 phishing-as-a-service scheme, which harvested thousands of Microsoft 365 credentials through deceptive campaigns. The operation seized 338 websites and accounts, disrupting a group that compromised over 5,000 users across 94 countries and target...
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