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NY Hacker, 22, Ran Massive Cybercrime Forum, Hoarded Child Abuse Files: Here's His Fate
A Westchester County man has been resentenced to federal prison for running one of the world’s largest online marketplaces for stolen data and for possessing child sexual abuse material, prosecutors announced.
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, 22, of Peekskill, received a three-year prison sentence on Tuesday, Sept. 16, the US Department of Justice announced.
Prosecutors said Fitzpatrick admitted to creating and operating BreachForums, an English-language hacking site launched in March 2022 that quickly grew to more than 330,000 members.
According to federal officials, it became a go-to…
Personal Data Breach Hits Major Credit Bureau, Exposing Millions: What To Know
More than four million people had their personal information compromised after a credit bureau suffered a major data breach.
TransUnion confirmed the breach impacting more than 4.4 million people, national consumer rights law firm Wolf Haldenstein announced. According to a court filing in Texas, names, birthdates, and Social Security numbers were leaked.
The breach happened on Monday, July 28, Maine court documents showed. It was discovered two days later, affecting at least 4,461,511 people.
A TransUnion spokesperson told CNET the incident was identified and contained within hou…
You Can Get Up To $7,500 In Massive Cellphone Data Breach Settlement: Here's How
Customers whose personal or call record information was compromised in two major AT&T data breaches may be eligible to receive as much as $7,500.
AT&T has agreed to pay $177 million to settle claims from two data breaches announced in March and July 2024 that exposed sensitive customer information. The settlement covers US residents whose data was included in either incident and offers payments of up to $7,500 for documented losses.
The first breach involved names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, birth dates, account passcodes, billing account numbers, and Socia…
Billions Of Google, Facebook, Apple Passwords Breached In Potentially Record Hack
A newly discovered trove of stolen login credentials may represent the largest data breach in history, with billions of usernames and passwords now circulating online.
Researchers with Cybernews uncovered more than 16 billion records spread across 30 databases, many of them tied to malware known as infostealers.
The findings, published Wednesday, June 18, reveal that the leaked data spans social media platforms, business services, VPNs, and developer tools.
The leaked datasets provide access to nearly every online service, including major platforms like Apple, Facebook, Google, GitHub, and…
