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Spain has arrested a 19-year-old who is believed to be the most dangerous hacker in the country. The hacker claimed to have access to the data of 90% of all Spanish citizens. More: - The 19-year-old is considered to be responsible for multiple high-profile cyberattacks and for creating a search engine called Udyat.
- This tool was used to steal and sell sensitive information.
- The investigation that led to the arrest of the 19-year-old hacker was launched after the network of Spain's National Council of the Judiciary was breached.
- During this attack, the hacker stole the data of 575,000 Spanish citizens and sold it.
- The hacker is also accused of impersonating Paolo Vasile, the CEO of media giant Mediaset España, and stealing over $300,000 from him.
- The operation to arrest the hacker has been ongoing since November 2019.
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Ukrainian hackers have breached a Russian military fund used to buy drones, sending the Russian military sex toys instead. The hackers used up $25,000. More: - The group responsible for conducting this cyber operation is named Cyber Resistance.
- The Ukrainian hacktivist group breached the AliExpress account of a Russian military supporter who has been collecting money through crowdfunding campaigns and using the funds to buy drones for the Russian military.
- The drones were meant to be used in the war in Ukraine.
- Mikhail Luchin, the Russian individual who was breached by this campaign, confirmed that the cyberattack did happen and claims that he has recovered almost all of the money that was stolen.
- Cyber Resistance has denied the claims that the funds have been recovered, adding that they will intensify their hacking campaigns against Russian individuals.
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Euler Finance has convinced a hacker to return around $177M out of the total $197M they stole. The breach happened in early March. More: - On March 13, the Euler Finance hacker breached the company using a flash loan attack.
- They carried out multiple transactions, stealing millions of dollars worth of tokens such as:
- Dai coin,
- USD Coin,
- staked Ether,
- and wrapped Bitcoin.
- The company announced it would launch a $1M bounty program for anyone with information about the hackers involved in this breach.
- Euler also contacted the threat actor and attempted to convince them to return at least 90% of the funds.
- Some victims contacted the hackers directly, convincing them that they had lost their life savings. The funds were returned to the user soon after.
- In total, the threat actor has returned $177M in multiple transactions that included over 12M DAI and over 11,000 ETH.
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Google has warned of imminent hacking campaigns from the North Korean hacker group Archipelago. The company claims the threat actor is government-backed. More: - According to Google's security team, Archipelago is the subset of a hacker group tracked as APT43.
- The group uses phishing emails containing malicious links that redirect victims to malicious login pages that can steal their login details.
- Archipelago often pretends to be a media organization and asks its targets for additional comments regarding the political situation in North Korea.
- The threat actor extends conversations with its targets, refusing to send malicious files until it builds trust with them over a few days or weeks.
- The group also uses false Google Chrome extensions to steal data.
- Previous examples of this threat vector include campaigns such as Stolen Pencil and SharpTongue.
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Cybereason has raised a $100M funding round to provide cloud security for enterprises. The company is based in Boston, Massachusetts. More: - Cybereason offers services such as:
- network monitoring,
- threat detection and response,
- security assessment, etc.
- Softbank Corp led the funding round.
- In addition to its Boston headquarters, the company has offices in London, Tokyo, and Tel Aviv.
- The company claims it provides cybersecurity services for companies in more than 40 countries.
- Since its inception in 2012, the company has raised over $800M.
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