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fromMarTech
1 week ago

Salesforce says social engineering to blame for breaches leading to ransom demands | MarTech

Hackers claiming nearly 1 billion Salesforce records extort 39 companies and Salesforce via dark-web demands following social engineering and third-party app exploits.
fromTheregister
3 weeks ago

Vegas cops book teen allegedly involved in casino hacks

Through the course of the investigation, detectives were able to identify a teenage male as a suspect in the case," the cops said in announcing the arrest. The juvenile suspect turned himself in on September 17, and was booked on three counts of obtaining and using personal identifying information of another person to harm or impersonate, one count of extortion, one count of conspiracy to commit extortion, and one count of unlawful acts regarding computers.
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