December 2024

Meta Fined €251 Million for 2018 Data Breach Impacting 29 Million Accounts

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Meta Platforms, the company behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Threads, has been fined €251 million ($263 million) for a 2018 data breach that exposed the personal data of millions, including 3 million users in the EU. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) imposed the penalty, citing violations of GDPR privacy regulations, marking yet another significant […]

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Russian Airstrikes Recruit Ukrainian Children for Cyber Operations and Reconnaissance

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The Ukrainian Security Service (SBU or SSU) has revealed a new spying operation that is believed to be carried out by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and entails enlisting Ukrainian children for illegal purposes under the pretence of “quest games.” According to law enforcement officials, it arrested two groups of FSB agents after conducting a

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Nigerian National Extradited to the U.S. for BEC Scheme

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Abiola Kayode, 37, of Nigeria, was extradited by the Department of Justice (DoJ) to face charges for allegedly taking part in a business email compromise (BEC) operation that defrauded companies out of over $6 million between January 2015 and September 2016. “Kayode’s co-conspirators posed as the chief executive officer, president, owner, or other executive of

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FBI Cracks Rydox Marketplace, Seizes $225,000 in Cryptocurrency, Stops 7,600 PII Sales

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The illegal marketplace Rydox (“rydox[.]ru” and “rydox[.]cc”), which sold stolen personal data, access devices, and other tools for committing fraud and cybercrime, was shut down, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) stated Thursday. Three Kosovo nationals and service administrators, Shpend Sokoli, Jetmir Kutleshi, and Ardit Kutleshi, have also been taken into custody. It is anticipated

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