The extent of the hack of SolarWinds WorldWide LLC continues to expand, as a report Saturday suggested it spread across hundreds of networks. The hack, which according to Microsoft Corp. involved two advanced persistent threat groups likely from two different countries but mainly Russia, is said by The New York Times to be much further-reaching than initially believed. ...

Being a victim of hacking and hacking others as well is a rare combination, but U.S. ticket sales company Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. has managed to do both. Ticketmaster’s U.K. division was hacked in 2018 in one of the earliest recorded Magecart attacks, with names, addresses, email addresses, telephone numbers, payment details and Ticketmaster login details stolen. ...

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by volume, today announced that it will delist Ripple Labs Inc.’s XRP cryptocurrency following a lawsuit filed against Ripple by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging that the cryptocurrency is an unregistered security. The announcement comes after Coinbase Inc. announced on Dec. 28 that it was also planning to suspend XRP ...

NZBGeek, a popular Usenet site, has been hacked with user information including credit card details stolen. It may surprise many that Usenet still exists in 2020. Established in 1980 as a precursor to internet forums, it was still somewhat popular through the mid-2000s for threaded discussions. Although general use has massively dropped off — Slashdot ...

The U.S. Department of Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network has issued a warning to financial institutions to be alert to the threat of fraud, ransomware and other types of criminal activity targeting COVID-19 vaccines and their distribution. The warning, issued Monday , states that COVID-19 vaccine fraud may include the sale of unapproved and illegally marketed ...

Genetic testing company 23andMe Inc. has raised around $82.5 million in new funding, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Series F round was led by Sequoia Capital and NewView Capital and was undersubscribed, according to a report Monday by Bloomberg, with 23andMe having attempted to raise $85 million. A spokesperson for ...

Peer-to-peer coverage market provider Cover Protocol has been hacked, but in a twist on a traditional hacking story, the hacker has not only come forward but has also refunded the funds stolen. Cover Protocol offers a service in which users can buy cover on anything related to cryptocurrency. Working on a P2P basis, users buy ...

Coinbase Inc. today announced that it will suspend trading on Ripple Labs Inc.’s XRP cryptocurrency following a lawsuit filed against Ripple by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging that the cryptocurrency is an unregistered security. The suspension of XRP trading is not immediate, though Coinbase has moved to restrict trading leading up to the ban. ...

Russian cryptocurrency exchange Livecoin has been hacked, with hackers managing to change the rates of cryptocurrencies traded on the service to earn quick profits. The hack took place over the night of Dec. 23-24. The exchange posted on its site Christmas Eve that the service was subject to a “carefully planned attack” that it suggested ...

Canadian voice over IP hardware and software maker Sangoma Technologies Corp. has been struck by a ransomware attack. The company, which offers products such as FreePBX and Switchbox and is also the owner of Asterix provider Digium Inc., disclosed the attack in a statement on Dec. 24. It said the ransomware targeted one of the company’s ...