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fromThe Hacker News
1 day ago

Grafana GitHub Breach Exposes Source Code via TanStack npm Attack

Breach impact was limited to Grafana Labs GitHub repositories, with no evidence of customer production systems or Grafana Cloud operations being compromised.
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fromThe Hacker News
4 days ago

Grafana GitHub Token Breach Led to Codebase Download and Extortion Attempt

An unauthorized party accessed Grafana’s GitHub environment via a stolen token, downloaded code, attempted extortion, and Grafana invalidated credentials and added security measures.
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fromThe Hacker News
3 months ago
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From Ransomware to Residency: Inside the Rise of the Digital Parasite

Attackers are shifting from disruptive ransomware encryption toward long-term, stealthy access that prioritizes credential theft, persistence, and quiet data exfiltration.
fromThe Hacker News
11 months ago
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Anubis Ransomware Encrypts and Wipes Files, Making Recovery Impossible Even After Payment

A new ransomware called Anubis poses serious threats by both encrypting and permanently erasing files, making recovery impossible.
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fromWIRED
1 week ago

Foxconn Ransomware Attack Shows Nothing Is Safe Forever

Nitrogen claims it stole 8 TB of Foxconn data and extorts the electronics manufacturer, which reported cyberattacks and resuming production at affected North American factories.
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fromThe Hacker News
6 months ago

A Cybercrime Merger Like No Other - Scattered Spider, LAPSUS$, and ShinyHunters Join Forces

Three cybercrime groups formed Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters, creating and repeatedly rebuilding at least sixteen Telegram channels to run coordinated data extortion and EaaS operations.
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fromDataBreaches.Net
7 months ago

More Salesforce customer attacks revealed in new leak site by Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters (1) - DataBreaches.Net

Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters opened a leak site and demanded ransom from Salesforce, threatening to publish ~1B customer records by October 10, 2025.
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fromTheregister
8 months ago

Here's how ransomware crims are abusing AI tools

AI-powered ransomware and LLM-assisted extortion lower barriers, enabling automated reconnaissance, exploitation, and malware creation, increasing risk to organizations.
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fromTheregister
8 months ago

Crims laud Claude, use Anthropic's AI to plant ransomware

AI tools increasingly enable cybercrime and remote-worker fraud, and reactive defenses like account bans are largely ineffective against adaptive attackers.
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fromThe Hacker News
8 months ago

Anthropic Disrupts AI-Powered Cyberattacks Automating Theft and Extortion Across Critical Sectors

An actor weaponized Anthropic's Claude and Claude Code to automate large-scale data theft and extortion across at least 17 organizations, demanding ransoms over $500,000.
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