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The $10 million Ronin bridge exploit on Aug. 6 was caused by a faulty upgrade deployment script, according to a report from blockchain security firm Verichains. The upgrade reduced the voting ...

Three major online brokerage firms have announced that they will compensate customers for half of damage caused by account hacking. SBI Securities and Rakuten Securities separately said Friday that ...

UK data watchdog says students behind most education cyberattacks The UK's data protection watchdog says more than half of cyberattacks in schools are caused by students, and that parents should act ...

In brief: Just days after Microsoft removed a handy script from Windows 11 Insider builds that allowed people to skip the Microsoft Account requirement for ...

The beloved “Sesame Street” monster Elmo shared a series of vulgar posts to X on Sunday, following an alleged hack. “Elmo’s X account was briefly compromised yesterday by an unknown hacker who posted ...

The Ukrainian police arrested a 35-year-old hacker who breached 5,000 accounts at an international hosting company and used them to mine cryptocurrency, resulting in $4.5 million in damages. "The ...