Chinese Hackers Target Trump Campaign via Verizon Breach

Plus: Apple offers $1 million to hack its AI cloud infrastructure, Iranian hackers successfully peddle stolen Trump campaign docs, Russia hacks the nation of Georgia, and a “cyberattack” that wasn’t.

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LinkedIn Hit With $335M Fine for Data Privacy Violations

The networking company found liable for illegally gathering user data for targeted advertising by the Irish Data Protection Commission.

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Russia’s APT29 Mimics AWS to Steal Windows Credentials

Kremlin intelligence carried out a wide-scale phishing campaign in contrast to its usual, more targeted operations.

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SEC Fines Companies Millions for Downplaying SolarWinds Breach

Four companies — Avaya, Check Point, Mimecast, and Unisys — have been charged by the SEC for misleading disclosures in the aftermath of the 2020 SolarWinds compromise.

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UnitedHealth Reveals 100M Compromised in Change Healthcare Breach

Eight months after the breach occurred, Change Healthcare has finally sent out millions of notices of compromised data to affected individuals.

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Apple will pay you up to $1 million if you can hack into Apple Intelligence servers

The company’s bug bounty is designed to test the security of the servers that process Apple Intelligence requests.

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Change Healthcare Cyberattack Exposed Data of Over 100 Million People

Nearly one-third of Americans may have been affected by the ransomware attack, which has been attributed to the BlackCat gang.

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Prominent crypto critic says someone offered bribes to take down a blog post

Crypto critic Molly White received emails from a purported lawyer and someone working for a “reputation management company” offering bribes in exchange for the takedown of a blog post about the arrest of an alleged crypto fraudster.

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RansomHub gang allegedly behind attack on Mexican airport operator

Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte announced last Friday that a cyber incident forced its IT team to turn to backup systems in an effort to continue running the airports it controls across central and northern Mexico.

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Four REvil members sentenced to more than four years in prison

REvil ransomware gang leader Daniil Puzyrevsky received a six-year sentence in a Russian court, while three other members got terms of at least four years.

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