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Figure Technology, a blockchain-based lending company, confirmed that there had been a data breach. On Friday, Figure spokesperson Alethea Jadick told TechCrunch in a statement that the breach occurred when an employee was tricked with a social engineering attack that allowed the hackers to steal “a limited number of files.” The statement said the company […]
Sex toy maker Tenga notified customers of a data breach on Friday, according to an email obtained by TechCrunch. In the message, the Japanese company states that “an unauthorized party gained access to the professional email account of one of our employees,” giving the hacker access to the contents of the employee’s inbox. This access […]
Cybercriminals have stolen $2.7 billion worth of crypto this year, a new record for cryptocurrency theft, according to blockchain monitoring companies. 2025 saw dozens of crypto heists again, hitting several cryptocurrency exchanges and other web3 and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects. The biggest hack by far was the breach of Dubai-based cryptocurrency exchange Bybit, where hackers […]
DXS International, a British-based company that provides healthcare technology to England’s National Health Service (NHS), announced a cyberattack in a statement on Thursday. In a file Along with the London Stock Exchange, the company said it had experienced a “security incident impacting its office servers,” discovered on December 14. The company said it “immediately” contained […]
Several public websites designed to allow courts in the United States and Canada to manage the personal information of potential jurors had a simple security flaw that could easily expose their sensitive data, including names and home addresses, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. A security researcher, who asked not to be identified for this story, contacted […]
The hackers behind the first wave of attacks operating a Zero-Day in Microsoft SharePoint servers have so far mainly targeted government organizations, according to researchers and also News reports. At the weekend CISA CyberSecurity Agency a warning publishedWarning that hackers used a previously unknown bug known as a “zero-day”-in Microsoft’s Enterprise Data Management Product SharePoint. […]
The American and French authorities have confirmed the arrests of five hackers accused of being behind several large hacks and being part of a notorious cyber crime forum. On Thursday, the US Department of Justice announced the reciprocal Of the British National Kai West, 25, who accuses him of being ‘a serial hacker’ known as […]
