Former top U.S. cybersecurity official Rob Joyce told lawmakers on Wednesday that cuts to federal probationary employees will have a “devastating impact” on U.S. national security. Joyce, who was the director of cybersecurity for the National Security Agency until retiring in 2024, was providing testimony to the U.S. House Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, …
A Barcelona court ruled that the co-founders of spyware maker NSO Group, Omri Lavie and Shalev Hulio, and former executive of two affiliate companies Yuval Somekh, can be indicted as part of an investigation into the alleged hacking of Catalan lawyer Andreu Van den Eynde. Barcelona-based human rights nonprofit Iridia, which filed the criminal complaint, …
In the early evening of March 5, 2012, in Cairo, Egyptian revolutionaries stormed the headquarters of the secret police called the State Security Investigations (SSI) service, a building known as “the capital of hell” because of its reputation as a place where ruthless officers tortured prisoners. Inside, protesters found both intact and shredded documents, torture …
As disruption from a suspected ransomware attack on newspaper publishing giant Lee Enterprises enters its second month, the cyberattack is also affecting payments to freelancers and contractors who work for the company, TechCrunch has learned. The cyberattack on Lee Enterprises on February 3 sparked wide-scale outages and ongoing disruption at dozens of newspapers across the …
The United States has suspended its offensive cyber operations against Russia, according to reports, amid efforts by the Trump administration to grant Moscow concessions to end the war in Ukraine. The reported order to halt U.S.-launched hacking operations against Russia was authorized by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, according to The Record. The new guidance …
The FBI said the North Korean government is “responsible” for the hack at crypto exchange Bybit, which resulted in the theft of more than $1.4 billion in Ethereum cryptocurrency. On Wednesday, the bureau released a public advisory, attributing the hack to a group known as TraderTraitor. Contact Us Do you have more information about the …
Belgium is investigating an alleged data breach of its state security service (VSSE) by Chinese government hackers. In a statement sent to TechCrunch on Friday, the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office said an investigation into a cyberattack was opened in November 2023 after it learned about the alleged breach. This confirms an earlier report by the …
We’re barely a couple of months into 2025, but this year has already seen several data breaches affecting the personal information of millions of individuals, including everything from student records to phone data to sensitive health information. Last year, 2024, saw more than 1 billion records stolen. If the first two months of this year …
There is a whole shady industry for people who want to monitor and spy on their families. Multiple app makers market their software — sometimes referred to as stalkerware — to jealous partners who can use these apps to access their victims’ phones remotely. Yet, despite how sensitive this data is, an increasing number of …
Last week, hackers stole around $1.4 billion in Ethereum cryptocurrency from crypto exchange Bybit, believed to be the largest crypto heist in history. Now the company is offering a total of $140 million in bounties for anyone who can help trace and freeze the stolen funds. Bybit’s CEO and co-founder Ben Zhou announced the bounty …