securecommunication
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Twitter Rolls Out Encrypted Messaging, Don’t Trust It
Twitter did it. The company met a deadline and released something on the promised date under Elon Musk’s leadership. The social media platform put out its first-ever encrypted messaging option late on Wednesday night, just under the wire. Yet in the mad dash to deliver, the site seems to have made some confusing compromises, as…
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In Yet Another Crypto Attack, Hackers Pillage $AU295 Million From Euler Finance
Unidentified cybercriminals managed to boost nearly $US200 ($AU295.45) million from the decentralized finance lender Euler Finance on Monday. The attack, which stole millions in crypto assets like DAI and USD Coin, is being hailed as the biggest crypto hack of the year so far. If this year is anything like 2022, when hackers stole more…
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The U.S. Marshals Got Hacked in a Major Way
America’s oldest law enforcement agency, the U.S. Marshals Service, is in a bit of security trouble. The federal police agency had been targeted by ransomware hackers earlier this month in an episode that officials are saying involved a significant amount of “sensitive” data, according to a statement.
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A DNA Testing Company Forgot About 2.1 Million People’s Data, Then It Leaked
A prominent DNA testing firm has settled a pair of lawsuits with the attorney generals of Pennsylvania and Ohio after a 2021 episode that saw cybercriminals steal data on 2.1 million people, including the social security numbers of 45,000 customers from both states. As a result of the lawsuits, the company in question, DNA Diagnostics Centre…