Hacking & Cyberwarfare News and Discussions

[wjfox]

Btw this is old news

https://www.wired.com/story/malware-dna-hack/

Yeah, I saw that, shortly after posting it.

[firestar464]

WSJ- In Secret Meeting, China Acknowledged Role in U.S. Infrastructure Hacks

https://archive.ph/yDvP3

[wjfox]

'The end of 4chan as we know it': Why hacking attack could kill notorious internet forum

Wednesday 16 April 2025 14:48, UK

4Chan, an online forum notorious for its extreme right-wing content, appears to have been hacked - in a development some believe could spell the end of the controversial messageboard.

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Emiliano De Cristofaro, a computer science and engineering professor at UC Riverside, told Wired: "There might be some 'high profile' users exposed as moderators - traditionally, 4chan users hate them, so they might be targeted."

Although the site appears to be slowly and stutteringly coming back online, it may have suffered fatal damage, according to Mr De Cristofaro.

"It might be hard or at least painfully slow and costly for 4chan to recover from this, so we might really see the end of 4chan as we know it," he said.

https://news.sky.com/story/is-this-the- ... m-13349823

[firestar464]

US taking 'special measures' to protect people possibly exposed in court records hack

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/us ... r-AA1KxBjf

[wjfox]

AI firm says its technology weaponised by hackers

2 hours ago

US artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic says its technology has been "weaponised" by hackers to carry out sophisticated cyber attacks.

Anthropic, which makes the chatbot Claude, says its tools were used by hackers "to commit large-scale theft and extortion of personal data".

The firm said its AI was used to help write code which carried out cyber-attacks, while in another case, North Korean scammers used Claude to fraudulently get remote jobs at top US companies.

Anthropic says it was able to disrupt the threat actors and has reported the cases to the authorities along with improving its detection tools.

Using AI to help write code has increased in popularity as the tech becomes more capable and accessible.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crr24eqnnq9o

[caltrek]

Cyberattack Disrupts Systems at Several Major European Airports, Delaying Travel
September 20, 2025

Introduction:

LONDON (AP via PBS) — A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems disrupted air traffic and caused delays at several of Europe’s major airports on Saturday.

While the impact on travelers appeared to be limited, experts said the intrusion exposed vulnerabilities in security systems.

The disruptions to electronic systems initially reported at Brussels, Berlin’s Brandenburg and London’s Heathrow airports meant that only manual check-in and boarding was possible. Many other European airports said their operations were unaffected.

“There was a cyberattack on Friday night 19 September against the service provider for the check-in and boarding systems affecting several European airports including Brussels Airport,” said Brussels Airport in a statement, initially reporting a “large impact” on flight schedules.

Airports said the issue centered around a provider of check-in and boarding systems — not airlines or the airports themselves.

Read more here: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/cyb ... g- travel

[firestar464]

Tech provider for NHS England confirms data breach

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/18/tech- ... ta-breach/

[wjfox]

Passwords will be on the way out in 2026 as passkeys take over

The curse of having to remember easily hackable passwords may soon be over, as a new alternative is set to take over in 2026

By Chris Stokel-Walker
6 January 2026

Can you remember all your passwords off the top of your head? If so, you probably have too few of them – or, heaven forbid, only one that you use everywhere. But that problem could become a thing of the past in 2026.

Passwords are a cybersecurity nightmare, with hackers trading stolen sign-in credentials on illicit markets every day. That’s because the overwhelming majority of passwords are too hackable, according to an analysis by Verizon, with just 3 per cent complex enough to withstand hackers.

Thankfully, a solution is on the way – and it is surprisingly simple. Instead of typing in a string of meaningless letters and numbers – or worse, your pet’s name – we are increasingly going to see our devices log in instantaneously, using verification by biometrics like your face or fingerprint.

“A password-less ubiquity is now fully on the cards and becoming more popular, due to superior security options offering better security against phishing and brute-force attacks compared to passwords alone,” says Jake Moore at cybersecurity firm ESET.

If you access your banking app with a fingerprint, you are already familiar with this new approach. It works by generating two cryptographic “passkeys”, one public and one private, on your device. When you create an account, the public one is sent to the service you are trying to login to, such as your bank, while the private one is stored on your device and can’t be accessed by anyone else.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/25 ... take-over/

[firestar464]

Forbes- Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw

https://archive.ph/Q4THu

[firestar464]

Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site

https://www.404media.co/exposed-moltboo ... -the-site/

[firestar464]

Hackers hit sensitive targets in 37 nations in spying plot

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/h ... r-AA1VJ4tB

[caltrek]

HBO’s ‘The Pitt’ Nails How Hospital Cyberattacks Create Chaos, Endanger Patients and Disrupt Critical Care
By Dr. Jeff Tully and Dr. Christian Dameff
March 20, 2026

Introduction:

(The Conversation) HBO Max’s enormously popular television series “The Pitt” is receiving plaudits for its realistic depiction of the trials and tribulations of health care in an urban emergency room.

Now in its second season, which premiered on Jan. 8, 2026, the show follows Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch (played by Noah Wyle) and his colleagues through a single 15-hour clinical shift, divided into one-hour episodes. The team treats patients against a backdrop of all-too-common American societal plagues, from substance use disorder to medical bankruptcies and mass shootings.

Spoiler alert: About halfway through the season, Dr. Robby and the staff at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center grapple with chaos ensuing from a less commonly depicted disaster – a hospital cyberattack. The hospital’s network and computers were incapacitated, resulting in scenes of millennial residents struggling with fax machines, laboratory orders disappearing in a shuffle of papers, and constant communication breakdowns culminating in a missed life-threatening diagnosis.

All this might prompt viewers to wonder: Does this actually happen in real life?

As physicians who study cyberattacks and their impact on patient care, we have seen many of the same events depicted in “The Pitt” play out in the real world.

Read more here: https://theconversation.com/hbos-the-p ... re-278775

[caltrek]

Iran-linked Hackers Claim Breach of FBI Director’s Personal Email; DOJ Official Confirms Break-in
March 27, 2026

Introduction:

(CNBC) Iran-linked hackers have publicly claimed the breach of FBI Director Kash Patel’s personal inbox, publishing photographs of the director and his purported resume to the internet.

On their website, the hacker group Handala Hack Team said Patel “will now find his name among the list of successfully hacked victims.”

Reuters was not able to immediately authenticate the emails published by Hanadala, but a sample of the material uploaded by the hackers and reviewed by Reuters appears to show a mix of personal and work correspondence dating between 2010 and 2019.

A Justice Department official confirmed to Reuters that Patel’s emails were compromised but did not go into detail. The FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The hackers did not immediately respond to messages.

Read more here: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/27/iran-h ... opilot.com

[wjfox]