Data Breach Today

JANUARY 20, 2024

Computing Giant Says Hackers Did Not Access Customer Data or Production Systems Russian state hackers obtained access to the inboxes of senior Microsoft executives for at least six weeks, the computing giant disclosed late Friday afternoon. "There is no evidence that the threat actor had any access to customer environments, production systems, source code, or AI systems.

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WIRED Threat Level

JANUARY 20, 2024

Plus: Microsoft says attackers accessed employee emails, Walmart fails to stop gift card fraud, “pig butchering” scams fuel violence in Myanmar, and more.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 20, 2024

'Pompompurin' Sentenced to Supervised Release, Banned From Internet for 1 Year A federal judge sentenced "Pompompurin," the administrator of a now-defunct data breach marketplace, to 20 years of supervised release. The Peekskill, N.Y. man avoided a recommended 15-year prison sentence for his role in BreachForums, once considered the largest English-language data breach forum of its kind.

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KnowBe4

JANUARY 20, 2024

In a Friday regulatory filing , Microsoft has reported that its corporate email accounts were compromised by a Russian state-sponsored hacking group known as Midnight Blizzard, also identified as Nobelium or APT29. Microsoft's disclosure aligns with new U.S. requirements for reporting cybersecurity incidents. The attack was detected on January 12th, 2023, but it appears to have started in November 2023.

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WIRED Threat Level

JANUARY 20, 2024

Software flaws were allegedly hidden from lawyers of wrongly convicted UK postal workers.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 20, 2024

On January 18, 2024, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published an updated Opinion on age assurance for the Children’s Code (the “Opinion”). The Children’s Code is a statutory code of practice setting out how information society services likely to be accessed by children should protect children’s information rights online. According to the ICO, the Opinion was renewed following engagement with “innovators, experts, technologists and organisations,” and takes into account developm

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2024

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the admin of the BreachForums hacking forum, has been sentenced to 20 years supervised release. Conor Brian Fitzpatrick , the admin of the BreachForums hacking forum, was sentenced to 20 years of supervised release. In July, Conor Brian Fitzpatrick agreed to plead guilty to a three-count criminal information charging the defendant with conspiracy to commit access device fraud, solicitation for the purpose of offering access devices, and possession of child pornography.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 20, 2024

Microsoft revealed that the Russia-linked APT Midnight Blizzard has compromised some of its corporate email accounts. Microsoft warned that some of its corporate email accounts were compromised by a Russia-linked cyberespionage group known as Midnight Blizzard. Microsoft notified law enforcement and relevant regulatory authorities. The Midnight Blizzard group (aka APT29 , SVR group , Cozy Bear , Nobelium , BlueBravo , and The Dukes ) along with APT28 cyber espionage group was involved in

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