Mark Karpèlès Details Mt. Gox Collapse, 2015 Detention and New Projects
TL;DR Former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpèlès recounted the exchange’s early failures, the 2014 loss of hundreds of thousands of…
About 1,000 systems hit in ransomware attack on Romanian water agency
TL;DR Romania's National Administration 'Romanian Waters' reported roughly 1,000 compromised systems after a ransomware incident that began Dec. 20. Core…
Poisoned npm WhatsApp API package steals messages, credentials and accounts
TL;DR A malicious npm package called lotusbail, downloaded over 56,000 times and available for roughly six months, impersonated a WhatsApp…
MPs accuse UK government of neglecting surge in mobile phone thefts
TL;DR MPs say the UK government has failed to follow up on expert recommendations to curb rising mobile phone thefts,…
PostHog: Shai‑Hulud 2.0 worm was company’s largest security failure
TL;DR PostHog says the Shai‑Hulud 2.0 incident — where malicious npm releases were pushed and a worm harvested developer secrets…
Apple locks developer out of Apple ID after failed $500 gift card redemption
TL;DR A long-time Apple developer, Dr. Paris Buttfield-Addison, says Apple closed his Apple ID after a $500 gift card he…
Lawsuit Seeks NYPD Records on Mosque-Raking Muslim Surveillance
TL;DR A New Jersey man who earlier sued the NYPD without success has filed a new open-records lawsuit seeking documents…