The Information Highway

The Information Highway

Bill Toulas is a technology writer and infosec news reporter with over a decade of experience working on various online publications. An open source advocate and Linux enthusiast, is currently finding pleasure in following hacks, malware campaigns, and data breach incidents, as well as by exploring the intricate ways through which tech is swiftly transforming our lives.

Google Pay app shutting down in US, users have till June to move funds

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Google is retiring the standalone Pay app in the United States. Users have until June 4 to transfer the balance to bank accounts.

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U-Haul says hacker accessed customer records using stolen creds

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U-Haul has started informing customers that a hacker used stolen account credentials to access an internal system for dealers and team members to track customer reservations.
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UnitedHealth confirms Optum hack behind US healthcare billing outage

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Healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group confirmed that its subsidiary Optum was forced to shut down IT systems and various services after a cyberattack by "nation-state" hackers on the Change Healthcare platform.

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KeyTrap attack: Internet access disrupted with one DNS packet

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A serious vulnerability named KeyTrap in the Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) feature could be exploited to deny internet access to applications for an extended period.


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RansomHouse gang automates VMware ESXi attacks with new MrAgent tool

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 The RansomHouse ransomware operation has created a new tool named 'MrAgent' that automates the deployment of its data encrypter across multiple VMware ESXi hypervisors.


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Top Breaches Of 2023

Customers Affected In T-Mobile Breach
Accounts Affected In MOVEit Breach
Customers Affected In MCNA Insurance Data Breach
Individuals Affected In PharMerica Data Breach
Users Affected In ChatGPT Major Data Breach
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