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Consulting Firm BRG Suffers Cyberattack Amid LBO Debt Sale

Berkeley Research Group suffered a cyberattack last week, according to people with knowledge of the matter, just as banks have been looking to wrap up a debt sale that would finance the consulting firm’s buyout by Towerbrook Capital Partners. The …

Unlikely Trio Linked to Hack of AT&T Data, Attempt to Sell It

Connor Moucka, a Canadian, dropped out of high school and lived with his grandfather. John Binns, an American living in Turkey, feared the FBI and CIA were tracking him. Cameron Wagenius, a U.S. soldier, allegedly Googled how to defect to …

Bybit Hit by Crypto’s Worst Hack With Nearly $1.5B Stolen

Crypto exchange Bybit said it was hacked, resulting in what analysts estimate was the loss of almost $1.5 billion worth of tokens in the biggest theft ever committed in the industry. Researchers believe North Korean hackers were likely responsible. A …

US Sanctions Chinese Cyber Firm Linked to Botnet Attack

The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Chinese cybersecurity firm Integrity Technology Group for its alleged role in a state-sponsored botnet attack known as Flax Typhoon. Integrity Technology, which is traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, was involved in “multiple computer intrusion …

Computers of Senior US Treasury Leaders Accessed in Hack

Chinese state-sponsored hackers broke into the computers of senior U.S. Treasury Department leaders as part of a recent breach of the agency, according to a U.S. official and another person familiar with the matter. The hackers were able to access …

US Treasury Says It Was Breached by Chinese-Backed Hacker

The U.S. Treasury Department was hacked by a Chinese state-sponsored actor through a third-party software service provider, according to a letter the agency sent to Congress. Treasury described the intrusion as a “major cybersecurity incident,” since it was attributed to …

Starbucks Restores Scheduling App Taken Down by Hack to Vendor

Starbucks Corp.’s system for logging employee hours is back online nearly three weeks after a vendor hack had forced the company to keep track of schedules by hand. Starbucks worked with third-party software supplier Blue Yonder Group, which was hit …

Krispy Kreme Hack Disrupts Online Ordering, Other Operations

Krispy Kreme Inc. said a cybersecurity incident had disrupted some of its operations, including online ordering in parts of the US. The company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that it was notified on Nov. 29 of unauthorized activity in …

Chinese Hackers Breached Eight US Telecom Providers, White House Says

Chinese hackers compromised eight American telecommunications companies as part of a wide-ranging espionage effort to gather intelligence about prominent US citizens, Biden administration officials said Wednesday. Anne Neuberger, deputy assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor for cyber …

T-Mobile Engineers Spotted Hackers Running Commands on Routers

Suspicious behavior on T-Mobile U.S. Inc.’s network devices tipped off the company to a breach that was potentially part of a sprawling cyber-espionage campaign that has raised urgent questions about the exposure of a critical sector of the economy. Jeff …