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Cyberattacks and Hacks

Security News This Week: The Cloud Company at the Center of a Global Hacking Spree

Security Roundup

Security News This Week: The Cloud Company at the Center of a Global Hacking Spree

Andrew Couts

Hackers Could Have Scored Unlimited Airline Miles by Targeting One Platform

Free Bird

Hackers Could Have Scored Unlimited Airline Miles by Targeting One Platform

Lily Hay Newman

A New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots—and No One Knows How to Stop It

Bad Words

A New Attack Impacts Major AI Chatbots—and No One Knows How to Stop It

Will Knight

Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down

Nowhere to Hide

Twitter Scammers Stole $1,000 From My Friend—So I Hunted Them Down

Selena Larson

Code Kept Secret for Years Reveals Its Flaw—a Backdoor

Listening In

Code Kept Secret for Years Reveals Its Flaw—a Backdoor

Kim Zetter

China’s Breach of Microsoft Cloud Email May Expose Deeper Problems

Security Roundup

China’s Breach of Microsoft Cloud Email May Expose Deeper Problems

Matt Burgess and Lily Hay Newman

Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws

Heads Up

Satellites Are Rife With Basic Security Flaws

Matt Burgess

How a Cloud Flaw Gave Chinese Spies a Key to Microsoft’s Kingdom

You’ve Got Mail

How a Cloud Flaw Gave Chinese Spies a Key to Microsoft’s Kingdom

Andy Greenberg

Ransomware Attacks Are on the Rise, Again

Feeding Frenzy

Ransomware Attacks Are on the Rise, Again

Lily Hay Newman and Matt Burgess

Silk Road’s Second-in-Command Gets 20 Years in Prison

Drug Bust

Silk Road’s Second-in-Command Gets 20 Years in Prison

Andy Greenberg

Russia’s Notorious Troll Farm Disbands

Security Roundup

Russia’s Notorious Troll Farm Disbands

Andy Greenberg and Andrew Couts

EV Charger Hacking Poses a ‘Catastrophic’ Risk

Bad Trip

EV Charger Hacking Poses a ‘Catastrophic’ Risk

Tik Root

Cyberstalkers Win First Amendment Victory in the US Supreme Court

Security Roundup

Cyberstalkers Win First Amendment Victory in the US Supreme Court

Lily Hay Newman

Apple, Google, and MOVEit Just Patched Serious Security Flaws

Critical Update

Apple, Google, and MOVEit Just Patched Serious Security Flaws

Kate O'Flaherty

How Your Real Flight Reservation Can Be Used to Scam You

Hard Landing

How Your Real Flight Reservation Can Be Used to Scam You

Ax Sharma

Update Your iPhone Right Now to Fix 2 Apple Zero Days

Security Roundup

Update Your iPhone Right Now to Fix 2 Apple Zero Days

Dhruv Mehrotra and Andrew Couts

A Newly Named Group of GRU Hackers is Wreaking Havoc in Ukraine

Security Roundup

A Newly Named Group of GRU Hackers is Wreaking Havoc in Ukraine

Andy Greenberg and Andrew Couts

A Russia-Based Hacking Rampage Hits US Agencies and Exposes Millions

I Like To MoveIt

A Russia-Based Hacking Rampage Hits US Agencies and Exposes Millions

Lily Hay Newman

A Shady Chinese Firm’s Encryption Chips Got Inside the Navy and NASA

Rotten Easter Eggs

A Shady Chinese Firm’s Encryption Chips Got Inside the Navy and NASA

Andy Greenberg

A Massive Vaccine Database Leak Exposes IDs of Millions of Indians

Data Breach

A Massive Vaccine Database Leak Exposes IDs of Millions of Indians

Varsha Bansal