Yulia Skripal's social media page accessed while she was reportedly in critical condition

With secrecy surrounding the condition of poisoned double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Russian bloggers noticed that somebody logged in to Yulia Skripal’s social media page when she was reportedly in critical condition. Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were discovered on a bench in Salisbury on March 4, with the UK claiming a […]

Atlassian’s HipChat hacked; user info, messages, and content possibly accessed

HipChat users should reset their passwords after a vulnerability was discovered in a “popular third-party library” used on the service’s website this weekend. The parent company Atlassian claimed that there’s no evidence to suspect that other systems or products have been affected. It has since reset the passwords for all HipChat-connected user accounts and sent […]

NYPD officers reportedly accessed Black Lives Matter activists’ texts

Thomson Reuters Undercover officers in the New York police department infiltrated small groups of Black Lives Matter activists and gained access to their text messages, according to newly released NYPD documents obtained by the Guardian. The records, produced in response to a freedom of information lawsuit led by New York law firm Stecklow & Thompson, […]

Yahoo hackers accessed 32 million accounts with forged cookies

In a regulatory filing, Yahoo revealed some additional details about data breaches that have affected over a billion accounts. Among that information is the news that hackers who obtained Yahoo’s code and were able to create their own cookies were able to access 32 million accounts through 2015 and 2016. Additionally, the 10-K statement provided […]