Whole Foods tells staff cyberattack at its primary distributor UNFI will affect product availability

Whole Foods tells staff cyberattack at its primary distributor UNFI will affect product availability

Whole Foods told its employees that the ongoing outages and disruptions at its primary distributor, United Natural Foods (UNFI), may take “several days to resolve.” The Amazon-owned retail giant told staff in an internal communication, seen by TechCrunch, that UNFI was experiencing a “nationwide technology system outage,” which UNFI has for its part described as…

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Bitcoin DeFi platform Alex Protocol loses .3M to exploit

Bitcoin DeFi platform Alex Protocol loses $8.3M to exploit

Alex Lab Foundation said it will fully reimburse users affected by the $8.3 million exploit, with compensation issued in USDC following a structured claims process. Alex Protocol, a Bitcoin decentralized finance (DeFi) platform on the Stacks blockchain, suffered an exploit on June 6, resulting in $8.3 million in digital asset losses.   In an X announcement,…

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Crypto users fail ‘basic situational awareness’ at events, says Kraken

Crypto users fail ‘basic situational awareness’ at events, says Kraken

Kraken’s security team says that at crypto conferences, it’s seen unlocked laptops, phones left unattended and public discussions about personal wealth. Crypto conference attendees fail at “basic situational awareness” and security measures, opening themselves up to exploitation by bad actors hiding in the crowd at events, says crypto exchange Kraken. Kraken’s security team noted a…

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Phone chipmaker Qualcomm fixes three zero-days exploited by hackers

Phone chipmaker Qualcomm fixes three zero-days exploited by hackers

Chipmaker giant Qualcomm released patches on Monday fixing a series of vulnerabilities in dozens of chips, including three zero-days that the company said may be in use as part of hacking campaigns.  Qualcomm cited Google’s Threat Analysis Group, or TAG, which investigates government-backed cyberattacks, saying the three flaws “may be under limited, targeted exploitation.”  According…

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