Computer Forensic

Digital Forensics: WASHINGTON —  An Alabama man was arrested on Thursday over criminal charges that he hacked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s X account earlier this year, in an action that caused bitcoin’s value to spike, federal prosecutors announced. In January, a hacker posted false news about a widely ...

Digital Forensics: An Alabama man was arrested on Thursday morning after prosecutors claimed he hacked the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s social media account, which posted a false announcement about the approval of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds. Eric Council Jr. is accused of taking over the SEC’s X account in ...

Digital Forensics: A 25-year-old Alabama resident named Eric Council Jr. was arrested Thursday morning in connection with the unauthorized takeover of the Security and Exchange Commission’s X account in January, which caused the value of Bitcoin to spike $1,000, according to the Justice Department. The hack took place on January ...

Digital Forensics: In 2024, malware spread through Python Package Index, text messages, fraudulent macOS programs, and even automated email threads…Read More

Digital Forensics: Vulnerabilities in Ecovacs across the U.S. turned them into hateful hecklers. Ecovac owners be aware! Credit: South_agency / E+ via Getty Images First came the nanny cams and home assistants, then came the security doorbells, now it’s the age of the hacked vacuums. First reported by ABC News ...

Digital Forensics: The data broker who lost one of the biggest databases of Social Security numbers in a data breach earlier this year, files for bankruptcy protection. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…Read More

Digital Forensics: UPDATE: Company confirms hack, employee data breached. Image credit: The Pokémon Company UPDATE 11.44am UK: Game Freak has acknowledged it was hacked in August, in a Japanese-language statement posted to its website, dated 10th October. The company apologised that personal information about its employees was obtained via “unauthorised ...

Digital Forensics: UPDATE: Game Freak has issued a statement confirming the company suffered a data breach in August 2024. The company said its server was illegally accessed, with 2,606 cases of current, former, and contract employee names and email addresses accessed. The Japanese language statement carries a date of October ...

Digital Forensics: Image: The Pokémon Company Updated [Sun 13th Oct, 2024 15:55 BST]: Game Freak has acknowledged the leak in an official statement. A third-party apparently gained unauthorised access to a company server earlier this year – accessing personal information including names and email addresses of current and former employees. ...