Mysterious hacking group Careto was run by the Spanish government, sources say

Mysterious hacking group Careto was run by the Spanish government, sources say

More than a decade ago, researchers at antivirus company Kaspersky identified suspicious internet traffic of what they thought was a known government-backed group, based on similar targeting and its phishing techniques. Soon, the researchers realized they had found a much more advanced hacking operation that was targeting the Cuban government, among others. Eventually the researchers…

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Coinbase breach hit almost 70k users — Attorneys

Coinbase breach hit almost 70k users — Attorneys

A complaint filed with the Maine Attorney General’s office also alleges the attack was only discovered six much after it occurred. A recent filing with Maine’s attorney general sheds new light on Coinbase’s data breach, claiming that nearly 70,000 users were impacted and that the incident went unnoticed for nearly six months. According to the…

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Lido DAO initiates emergency vote to swap compromised oracle

Lido DAO initiates emergency vote to swap compromised oracle

The vote will close in several days, and an investigation into the cybersecurity compromise is ongoing, according to Lido DAO members. The Lido Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), the entity that governs the Lido liquid staking protocol, has initiated an emergency vote to rotate a compromised oracle — a bridge that connects real-world data to blockchain…

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