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Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter Target Resellers of Hacked Accounts

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Facebook told KrebsOnSecurity it seized hundreds of accounts — mainly on Instagram — that have been stolen from legitimate users through a variety of intimidation and harassment tactics, including hacking, coercion, extortion, sextortion , SIM swapping , and swatting. THE MIDDLEMEN.

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Two U.S. Men Charged in 2022 Hacking of DEA Portal

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men have been charged with hacking into a U.S. The complaint doesn’t specify which agency portal was hacked, but it does state that the portal included access to law enforcement databases that track narcotics seizures in the United States. federal government portal without authorization.

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When Low-Tech Hacks Cause High-Impact Breaches

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Web hosting giant GoDaddy made headlines this month when it disclosed that a multi-year breach allowed intruders to steal company source code, siphon customer and employee login credentials, and foist malware on customer websites. Thus, the second factor cannot be phished, either over the phone or Internet.

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“BriansClub” Hack Rescues 26M Stolen Cards

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“ BriansClub ,” one of the largest underground stores for buying stolen credit card data, has itself been hacked. million cards added; 2018 brought in 9.2 Correct subject would be the data center was hacked. HACKING BACK? The leaked data shows that in 2015, BriansClub added just 1.7 million more. BRIANS CHAT.

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Hoax Email Blast Abused Poor Coding in FBI Website

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” In an interview with KrebsOnSecurity, Pompompurin said the hack was done to point out a glaring vulnerability in the FBI’s system. ” Troia’s work as a security researcher was the subject of a 2018 article here titled, “ When Security Researchers Pose as Cybercrooks, Who Can Tell the Difference?

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Experts Fear Crooks are Cracking Keys Stolen in LastPass Breach

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LastPass says that since 2018 it has required a twelve-character minimum for master passwords, which the company said “greatly minimizes the ability for successful brute force password guessing.” In February 2018, LastPass changed the default to 100,100 iterations. And then he got hacked.

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LastPass: ‘Horse Gone Barn Bolted’ is Strong Password

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LastPass officially instituted this change back in 2018, but some undisclosed number of the company’s earlier customers were never required to increase the length of their master passwords. In February 2018, LastPass changed the default to 100,100 iterations. LastPass sent this notification to users earlier this week. ”

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