Twitter has revealed that hackers viewed private direct messages (DMs) from 36 of the accounts involved in last week's hack.
It did not disclose who they belonged to beyond saying one was owned by an elected official in the Netherlands.
But the Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders has told the BBC that this was a reference to his account.
Twitter has said that it does not believe any other former or current politicians had their DMs accessed.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Working For Chicago: Fighting Hackers Who Want IDES Money – CBS Chicago
CHICAGO (CBS) — IDES admits it’s one of several state employment systems hit by a nationwide fraud scheme involving the federal pandemic unemployment assistance program.
Hackers file unemployment claims using stolen identities, and then try to get the payment method switched from your debit card to their direct deposit.
David Keating said he received this letter with a KeyBank debit card in it from the Illinois Department of Employment Services just this past Friday.
U.S. Accuses Two Hackers of Stealing Secrets From American Firms for China - WSJ
The U.S. government accused two hackers in China of targeting U.S. firms involved in coronavirus research, in a wide-ranging indictment that alleged the pair also stole hundreds of millions of dollars in sensitive information from companies around the world while working on behalf of Beijing's premier spy service.
Twitter Hacking for Profit and the LoLs — Krebs on Security
The New York Times last week ran an interview with several young men who claimed to have had direct contact with those involved in last week’s epic hack against Twitter. These individuals said they were only customers of the person who had access to Twitter’s internal employee tools, and were not responsible for the actual intrusion or bitcoin scams that took place that day.
As first reported here on July 16, prior to bitcoin scam messages being blasted out from such high-profile Twitter accounts @barackobama, @joebiden, @elonmusk and @billgates, several highly desirable short-character Twitter account names changed hands, including @L, @6 and @W.
And here's another article:
$2 million reward offered for alleged international hackers - ABC News
The agencies are offering $1 million dollars for each man -- both accused of hacking the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2016.
According to an indictment unsealed in 2019, Artem Radchenko and Oleksandr Ieremenko, both Ukranian nationals, hacked into the SEC system that companies use to make their filings public known as Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, or EDGAR.
The government alleges that the two men took test filings from public companies. According to the SEC, test fillings allow companies begin to see how they will perform while raising capital.
Hackers will lurk in your email for more than a week after breaking in - TechRepublic
Beware - cybercriminals could be spending days rooting around in employee inboxes for information they can sell to other crooks, or use to mount further attacks.
"Many employees will store that data in their inboxes — without archiving. As a result, attackers are able to use and search inboxes in the same way they would a filing system and can obtain everything they need," the report said.
"In fact, it's probably much easier to look for information in the inbox than in other cloud-based applications because everything is date stamped and historical context information on all parties involved exists. That makes it very easy to set up targeted attacks or conversation hijacking using only inbox data."
Instacart customers' data being sold online by hackers: Report | Fox Business
Firewalla co-founder Jerry Chen created a device that combats online threats while working from home. Fox News Headlines 24/7 Radio Host Brett Larson with more.
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On Wednesday, Buzzfeed News reported that the personal data of Instacart customers -- including the last four digits of credit card numbers, names and order histories -- was being sold on the dark web .
Hundreds of thousands of customers could be affected, according to Buzzfeed. Reportedly, some of the data being sold was stolen as recently as Wednesday.
Slack credentials abundant on cybercrime markets, but little interest from hackers | ZDNet
Simple steps can make the difference between losing your online accounts or maintaining what is now a precious commodity: Your privacy.
Slack credentials are abundant on hacking forums and the dark web; however, an analysis of the cybercrime underworld shows there's little interest in the platform among hacker groups.
The conclusion belongs to cybersecurity firm KELA, who scoured the cybercrime market for Slack credentials following last week's Twitter hack and shared their findings with ZDNet this week.
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