Cybersecurity

23andMe says hackers accessed ‘significant number’ of files about users’ ancestry | TechCrunch

Genetic testing company 23andMe announced on Friday that hackers accessed around 14,000 customer accounts in the company’s recent data breach. In a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission published Friday, the company said that, based on its investigation into the incident, it had determined that hackers had accessed 0.1% of its customer […]

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XDSpy hackers attack military-industrial companies in Russia

A cyberespionage group known as XDSpy recently targeted Russian military-industrial enterprises, according to new research. XDSpy is believed to be a state-controlled threat actor, active since 2011, that primarily attacks countries in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. In its latest campaign in November, hackers attempted to gain access to the systems of a Russian metallurgical […]

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BlueVoyant Raises $140M, Buys Resilience Firm Conquest Cyber

Governance & Risk Management , Managed Detection & Response (MDR) , Security Operations Deal Will Expand BlueVoyant’s Footprint in US Government, Defense Industrial Base Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • November 29, 2023     BlueVoyant CEO Jim Rosenthal and Conquest Cyber President Jeff Engle (Images: BlueVoyant) BlueVoyant has purchased an adaptive risk management vendor led by […]

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Russian and Chinese interference networks are ‘building audiences’ ahead of 2024, warns Meta

Foreign interference groups are attempting to build and reach online audiences ahead of a number of significant elections next year, “and we need to remain alert,” Meta warned on Thursday. National elections are set to be held in the United States, United Kingdom and India — three of the world’s largest economies — as well […]

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