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A Meta executive was hacked by the Greek government using the Pegasus spyware. The spyware is reportedly being used by multiple governments around the world. More: - According to the New York Times, the Meta executive could be the first American to be spied on in Europe using this spyware.
- The victim, named Artemis Seaford, is a dual U.S.-Greek citizen.
- Seaford stated that she suspects she may be one of a long list of targets that the Greek government spied on in recent years.
- The Greek government is believed to have spied on politicians, activists, business owners, and other commercial spyware like Predator.
- The spying scandal has been named Greece's Watergate by media outlets.
Zoom Out: - In 2022, it was reported that Pegasus had been used to spy on Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez, Greek PM Mitsotakis, EU Parliament members, etc.
- Earlier this week, Russia directed all of its officials to stop using iPhones due to fears of being spied on.
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Ferrari has announced that it has been hacked by an unknown threat actor. The company stated it would not pay a ransom. More: - Ferrari claims that no financial or vehicle details were stolen, but the hackers may have been able to access details such as:
- names,
- addresses,
- email addresses,
- and telephone numbers.
- According to Ferrari, the hackers have access to a limited number of systems in the company's IT infrastructure.
- It's unclear how many customers were affected or which threat group tried to extort the sports car giant.
Zoom Out: - In 2021, a hacker group leaked 7GB of what it claimed was stolen data from Ferrari.
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Hackers have stolen $1.6M from Bitcoin ATMs using a zero-day security flaw. This is the second time that ATM maker General Bytes has been breached in one year. More: - General Bytes makes Bitcoin ATMs allowing people to purchase or sell over 40 cryptocurrencies.
- Customers can deploy their ATMs using standalone management servers or the General Bytes cloud service.
- According to the company, the threat actor breached the ATMs by scanning the Digital Ocean IP address space.
- By gaining unauthorized access, hackers had access to critical information such as:
- database,
- API keys,
- usernames,
- password hashes,
- 2FA details, etc.
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The Clop ransomware gang has breached Saks Fifth Avenue. The group claims to have breached over 100 organizations in recent years. More: - Saks Fifth Avenue is one of the most popular luxury brand retailers in the U.S., Canada, and the Middle East.
- By successfully breaching targets with this bug, hackers gain remote code execution capabilities.
- The flaw is tracked as CVE-2023-0669.
- According to the company, hackers only stole a database with mock customer data, a list that includes false information that is used for testing purposes.
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XXII has raised a $23.6M funding round to provide AI-powered video camera solutions. The platform enables real-time analysis. More: - XXII provides real-time video camera analysis solutions that help cities and organizations track:
- Illegal dumping,
- Parking management,
- Intrusions, etc.
- The round was led by Fonds Innovation Défense, 574 Invest, CIB Développement, Techmind, Kima Ventures, and the Duval Group.
- The company aims to use the funds to:
- Recruit new talent
- Mass deploy its technology,
- Address new markets and speed up international development in the U.S., Europe, and the Middle East.
- The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Paris, France.
- It currently has over 70 employees.
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- Aembit, a Maryland-based identity platform for DevOps and Security teams, has raised a $16.6M Growth round led by Ballistic Ventures and Ten Eleven Ventures.
- As many as 55 zero-day vulnerabilities were exploited in the wild in 2022. Most of them were tracked on Microsoft, Google, and Apple devices.
- Mastercard has acquired Swedish cybersecurity company Baffin Bay Networks for an undisclosed amount.
- The Twitter account of one of the most prominent media outlets in India was hacked to post phishing links of a fake cryptocurrency giveaway.
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 |  | Arbër is an Inside writer who also has experience in entrepreneurship. He has experience covering Consumer Tech, Venture Capital, NFTs, Crypto, etc. Arbër holds a Bachelor's degree in Business from XAMK University in Finland. When he is not reading(and writing) business news, he chooses to watch sports or anime...and then read news about sports or anime. |   | | Editor | Aaron Crutchfield is based in the high desert of California. Over the last two decades, he has spent time writing and editing at various local newspapers and defense contractors in California. When he's not working, he can often be found looking at the latest memes with his kids or working on his 1962 and 1972 Fords. | |
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