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UK sentences “serial hacker” of 3,000 sites to 20 months in prison
A 26-year old in the UK who claimed to have hacked thousands of websites was sentenced to 20 months in prison after pleading guilty earlier this year.
- August 18, 2025
- 12:36 PM
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LockBit ransomware gang hacked, victim negotiations exposed
The LockBit ransomware gang has suffered a data breach after its dark web affiliate panels were defaced and replaced with a message linking to a MySQL database dump.
- May 07, 2025
- 08:06 PM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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Everest ransomware's dark web leak site defaced, now offline
The dark web leak site of the Everest ransomware gang has apparently been hacked over the weekend by an unknown attacker and is now offline.
- April 07, 2025
- 02:30 PM
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Hacker defaces spyware app’s site, dumps database and source code
A hacker has defaced the website of the pcTattletale spyware application, found on the booking systems of several Wyndham hotels in the United States, and leaked over a dozen archives containing database and source code data.
- May 24, 2024
- 06:34 PM
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Hacked sites caught spreading malware via fake Chrome updates
Hackers are compromising websites to inject scripts that display fake Google Chrome automatic update errors that distribute malware to unaware visitors.
- April 11, 2023
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Hacker shares how they allegedly breached Fast Company’s site
Fast Company took its website offline after it was hacked to display stories and push out Apple News notifications containing obscene and racist comments. Today, the hacker shared how they allegedly breached the site.
- September 28, 2022
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Ransomware gang now hacks corporate websites to show ransom notes
A ransomware gang is taking extortion to a new level by publicly hacking corporate websites to publicly display ransom notes.
- June 02, 2022
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Russian government sites hacked in supply chain attack
Russia says some of its federal agencies' websites were compromised on Tuesday after unknown attackers hacked the stats widget used to track the number of visitors by multiple government agencies.
- March 09, 2022
- 09:52 AM
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Ukrainian sites saw a 10x increase in attacks when invasion started
Internet security companies have recorded a massive wave of attacks against Ukrainian WordPress sites since Russia invaded Ukraine, aiming to take down the websites and cause general demoralization.
- March 02, 2022
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Ukraine recruits "IT Army" to hack Russian entities, lists 31 targets
Ukraine is recruiting a volunteer "IT army" of security researchers and hackers to conduct cyberattacks on thirty-one Russian entities, including government agencies, critical infrastructure, and banks.
- February 26, 2022
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Multiple Ukrainian government websites hacked and defaced
At least 15 websites belonging to various Ukrainian public institutions were compromised, defaced, and subsequently taken offline.
- January 14, 2022
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Twitch game page backgrounds defaced with Jeff Bezos' face
On Twitch's website's game pages today appeared a close up of Jeff Bezos' face, in what appears to be a mysterious defacement attack.
- October 08, 2021
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NetGalley discloses data breach after website was hacked
The NetGalley book promotion site has suffered a data breach that allowed threat actors to access a database with members' personal information.
- December 24, 2020
- 10:20 AM
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Joe Biden's 'Vote Joe' website defaced by Turkish Hackers
The Vote Joe site set up by Biden Presidential campaign was hacked this week and defaced by a Turkish group called RootAyyıldız. The defacement appears to have lasted for over 24 hours.
- November 21, 2020
- 09:22 AM
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Feature-rich Ensiko malware can encrypt, targets Windows, macOS, Linux
Threat researchers have found a new feature-rich malware that can encrypt files on any system running PHP, making it a high risk for Windows, macOS, and Linux web servers.
- July 28, 2020
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Wannabe ransomware operators arrested before hospital attacks
Law enforcement in Romania today arrested a group of individuals that were planning ransomware attacks against healthcare institutions in the country.
- May 15, 2020
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FBI Releases Alert on Iranian Hackers' Defacement Techniques
The FBI Cyber Division issued a flash security alert earlier this month with additional indicators of compromise from recent defacement attacks operated by Iranian threat actors and info on attackers' TTPs to help administrators and users to protect their websites.
- January 27, 2020
- 06:35 PM
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Irish Rail Operator Gets Ransom Note on Its Website
The website of Luas, the tram rail system operator in Dublin, Ireland, has been taken offline today after someone replaced its content with a ransom note demanding one bitcoin not to publish customer data.
- January 03, 2019
- 09:33 AM
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Bumbling Hacker "Bitcoin Baron" Sentenced to 20 Months in Prison
A hacker once considered "the Internet's most inept criminal" received on Monday a prison sentence of 20 months in prison for launching DDoS attacks against the city of Madison, Wisconsin —attacks which caused delays and outages to various municipality services, including its 911 emergency call center.
- June 19, 2018
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Ticketfly Temporarily Shuts Down to Investigate Hack
Eventbrite-owned Ticket distribution service Ticketfly has taken its website offline today after a hacker defaced its frontpage and stole a part of its customer database.
- May 31, 2018
- 06:25 PM
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