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Dior tells customers their data was swiped in cyber snafu Updated: French fashion house dishes out notices after hackers raided a client database – ShinyHunters suspected

can't believe The Reg are already letting me get away with headlines like this www.theregister.com/2025/07/24/e...

news! i'm going to be doing some shifts on the cybersecurity desk at The Register. if you've got any tips/scoops/spicy stories, send them my way - Signal & email in bio. ty!

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yeah having a really productive day thanks

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hello! 👋

after being made redundant from TechCrunch, I took some much-needed time to hang out with my daughter, touch grass, and briefly forget how to write.

good news: I think I’ve remembered, so do get in touch if you're looking for a tech journalist/writer/editor/mix of the above

thank you Scott!

just noticed the typo. we're off to a good start!!

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some ✨personal news✨

i've been redundant and it's my last week at TechCrunch.

i’m going to be returning to the world of freelance, so if you need an experienced tech journalist / copywriter / editor / or a mix of the above, please get in touch carlypagewrites@gmail.com

Exclusive: Data breach at stalkerware SpyX affects close to 2 million, including thousands of Apple users Another consumer-grade spyware operation was hacked in June 2024, which exposed thousands of Apple Account credentials.

In a statement, Apple told me that it took action against fewer than 250 iCloud users that were affected by the breach at SpyX. Apple said when data breaches at other companies pose a risk to its customers, its security teams investigate & take action.

More: techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/d...

North Korea launches new unit with a focus on AI hacking, per report | TechCrunch North Korea is reportedly launching a new cybersecurity unit called Research Center 227 within its intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB).

NEW: North Korea is reportedly launching a new cybersecurity research unit called Research Center 227, which will be housed within the intelligence agency Reconnaissance General Bureau (RGB), and will focus on AI-based hacking and stealing digital assets.

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Hackers are ramping up attacks using year-old ServiceNow security bugs to target unpatched systems | TechCrunch Threat intelligence startup GreyNoise says it has observed a ‘notable resurgence’ in attack activity

Hackers are ramping up attempts to exploit a trio of year-old ServiceNow vulnerabilities to break into unpatched company instances techcrunch.com/2025/03/20/h...

US teachers' union says hackers stole sensitive personal data on over 500,000 members | TechCrunch PSEA says it "took steps to ensure" its stolen data was deleted, suggesting a ransom demand was paid

The Pennsylvania State Education Association says hackers stole the sensitive personal and financial information of more than half a million of its members. 

PSEA said it “took steps” to ensure the stolen data was deleted, suggesting it paid a ransom demand techcrunch.com/2025/03/19/u...

Researchers name several countries as potential Paragon spyware customers | TechCrunch The Citizen Lab said it believes several governments may be customers of spyware maker Paragon Solutions.

NEW, by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: Citizen Lab have named several countries, including Canada, as potential customers of Paragon's Graphite spyware, weeks after WhatsApp notified 90 users — including a journalist and human rights defenders — that their devices were targeted by the Israeli-made spyware.

CISA scrambles to contact fired employees after court rules layoffs 'unlawful' | TechCrunch Federal court rules U.S. cybersecurity agency must re-hire over 100 former employees

CISA is scrambling to contact more than 130 former employees after a federal court ruled that the Trump administration must reinstate workers it “unlawfully” fired techcrunch.com/2025/03/18/c...

Hackers are exploiting Fortinet firewall bugs to plant ransomware | TechCrunch Security researchers say that a threat actor it calls Mora_001 has ‘close ties’ to the Russia-linked hacking group

Security researchers say hackers linked to the notorious LockBit gang are exploiting a pair of Fortinet firewall vulnerabilities to deploy ransomware on company networks techcrunch.com/2025/03/17/h...

DOGE staffer violated Treasury rules by emailing unencrypted personal data | TechCrunch Marko Elez emailed a spreadsheet containing personal information to two Trump administration officials.

New, by me: Marko Elez, the DOGE staffer who resigned after his racist posts resurfaced (and was rehired soon after), violated Treasury rules when he sent an unencrypted email containing personally identifiable information to two Trump administration officials.

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Garantex administrator arrested in India under extradition law | TechCrunch Garantex co-founder Aleksej Besciokov was arrested in India's Kerala on Tuesday under the country's extradition law.

NEW: @journalistjagmeet.com confirmed that Indian police have arrested co-founder of the Russian crypto exchange Garantex Aleksej Besciokov.

Police said arrest was under extradition law, suggesting it was on behalf of U.S. authorities who indicted Besciokov with money laundering crimes.

North Korean government hackers snuck spyware on Android app store | TechCrunch Cybersecurity firm Lookout found several samples of a North Korean spyware it calls KoSpy.

NEW by @lorenzofb.bsky.social: North Korean-linked hackers uploaded Android spyware to Google Play. The spyware, which collects an “extensive amount” of sensitive data, was downloaded more than 10 times before Google removed it, according to Lookout techcrunch.com/2025/03/12/n...

The New Yorker has finally embraced modernity | TechCrunch When the first email was sent in 1971, Richard Nixon was president. The video game "Pong" was still in development. The Pittsburgh Pirates were a good

the new yorker has proudly updated its style guidelines to get rid of anachronisms like "web site," "in box," and "the Internet." techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/t...

DOGE axes CISA ‘red team’ amid ongoing federal cuts | TechCrunch Affected staff say more than 100 employees working to protect U.S. government networks were ‘axed’ with no prior warning

Elon Musk’s DOGE has fired more than a hundred employees working for the CISA, including “red team” employees, two people affected by the layoffs confirmed to TechCrunch 

One of the affected employees said they are now looking for “DOGE-resistant gigs” techcrunch.com/2025/03/11/d...

Hacker accessed PowerSchool’s network months before massive December breach | TechCrunch CrowdStrike says a hacker had access to PowerSchool's internal system as far back as August.

A hacker compromised PowerSchool months before its massive data breach in December.

The hacker used the same compromised credentials used in the December breach to access PowerSchool’s network in August, according to CrowdStrike techcrunch.com/2025/03/10/h...

Following takedown operation, Garantex invites customers to 'face-to-face' Moscow meeting | TechCrunch Russian crypto exchange Garantex has yet to directly address the international law enforcement operation that resulted in the seizure of its domains, and criminal charges against two of its administra...

NEW: After authorities took down the domains of Russian crypto exchange's Garantex, and charged two of its administrators for facilitating money laundering, the company is now inviting customers for “face-to-face meetings” at its headquarters.

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US charges admins of Garantex for allegedly facilitating crypto money laundering for terrorists and hackers | TechCrunch The administrators of Garantex, Aleksej Besciokov and Aleksandr Mira Serda, allegedly knew their crypto exchange was used to launder money, according to U.S. prosecutors.

NEW: The U.S. government has accused two administrators of Russian crypto exchange Garantex of facilitating money laundering for terrorists and cybercriminals.

Aleksej Besciokov and Aleksandr Mira Serda allegedly knew they were helping ransomware hackers as well as DPRK's Lazarus Group.

Japanese telco giant NTT Com says hackers accessed details of almost 18,000 organizations | TechCrunch Unidentified hackers breached NTT Com’s network to steal personal information of employees at thousands of corporate customers

Japanese telecom giant NTT Communications says hackers stole the data of almost 18,000 corporate customers during a February cyberattack.

It’s not yet known how many individuals had personal data stolen or who was behind the NTT breach techcrunch.com/2025/03/07/j...

FBI says scammers are targeting US executives with fake BianLian ransom notes | TechCrunch The FBI is warning that scammers are impersonating the BianLian ransomware gang using fake ransom notes sent to U.S. corporate executives. The fake ransom

The FBI is warning that scammers are impersonating the BianLian ransomware gang using fake ransom notes sent to US corporate executives techcrunch.com/2025/03/07/f...

Hacked health firm HCRG demanded journalist 'take down' data breach reporting, citing UK court order | TechCrunch DataBreaches.net declined to comply, citing a lack of jurisdiction.

New, by me: U.K. health giant HCRG, which was hacked last month, demanded a U.S.-based cybersecurity journalist who writes at DataBreaches.net "take down" their reporting, citing a U.K. court order.

The journalist declined to comply, citing a lack of jurisdiction.

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Russian crypto exchange Garantex seized by law enforcement operation | TechCrunch An international coalition of law enforcement agencies seized the official website of Garantex, which has previously been sanctioned by the U.S. and E.U. governments.

NEW: U.S. Secret Service and other international law enforcement agencies have seized the website of Russian crypto exchange Garantex.

Garantex had previously been sanctioned by U.S. government for being associated with ransomware gangs like Conti, and by EU government for ties to Russian banks.

UK quietly scrubs encryption advice from government websites | TechCrunch The UK is no longer recommending the use of encryption for at-risk groups following its iCloud backdoor demands

The U.K. government has quietly scrubbed encryption advice from its government web pages.

This comes just weeks after the U.K. government demanded backdoor access to encrypted data stored on Apple’s cloud storage service.

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