Hacker News
Hacker News from The AEGIS Alliance covers breaches, exploits, encryption, and the politics of cybersecurity. Technical reporting for readers who care how networks—and the people who break them—reshape privacy.
Phantom Hacker Crews Still Talk Victims Into Wiring Away Their Savings as Tech-Support Fraud Losses Clear $2.1 Billion
oktober 31, 2025
Phantom Hacker Crews Still Talk Victims Into Wiring Away Their Savings as Tech-Support Fraud Losses Clear $2.1 Billion
FBI 's rapport fra 2025 viser, at teknisk support har tabt over 2,1 milliarder dollars. Den Phantom Hacker svindel er tre-call version, der taler ofre i ledninger væk deres egne besparelser.
Anonymous-Linked Prisoner Hacked Romania’s Inmate System, Cut Sentences, and Exposed a Password Nobody Rotated
oktober 25, 2025
Anonymous-Linked Prisoner Hacked Romania’s Inmate System, Cut Sentences, and Exposed a Password Nobody Rotated
EU-tjenestemænd Cristic Nicu Aurel Z. Som the Târgu Jiu Fange, der brugte en gammel instruktør password til at ændre domme og tegner sig for 15 fanger. der er ikke indberettet…
Montreal Call Floors, a Panama Collector, and Seven New Names Inside Vermont’s $21 Million Grandparent Scam Case
marts 6, 2025
Montreal Call Floors, a Panama Collector, and Seven New Names Inside Vermont’s $21 Million Grandparent Scam Case
Vermont charged 25 Canadians in a $21 million grandparent scam. Seven more were arrested later, while a collector was sentenced to 15 and a half years.
U.S. and European Sanctions Hit Beijing’s Integrity Technology Group for Supplying Flax Typhoon’s Hacking Infrastructure
januar 4, 2025
U.S. and European Sanctions Hit Beijing’s Integrity Technology Group for Supplying Flax Typhoon’s Hacking Infrastructure
OFAC sanctioned Integrity Technology Group in January 2025. The European Union listed the same Beijing firm in March 2026 over Flax Typhoon's device compromises.
A Stolen BeyondTrust Key Opened U.S. Treasury Workstations Before OFAC Sanctioned Shanghai Operator Yin Kecheng
december 30, 2024
A Stolen BeyondTrust Key Opened U.S. Treasury Workstations Before OFAC Sanctioned Shanghai Operator Yin Kecheng
Treasury told Congress a stolen BeyondTrust remote-support key reached Departmental Offices machines. OFAC later sanctioned Yin Kecheng. Salt Typhoon was a separate campaign.
Newark Indicted Curitiba’s Junior Barros De Oliveira for a $3.2 Million Bitcoin Extortion That Brazil’s Constitution Will Not Extradite
december 26, 2024
Newark Indicted Curitiba’s Junior Barros De Oliveira for a $3.2 Million Bitcoin Extortion That Brazil’s Constitution Will Not Extradite
A Newark indictment unsealed December 23, 2024, charges Junior Barros De Oliveira of Curitiba with threatening to leak about 300,000 customer records unless he was paid about $3.2 million in…
NGate’s HandyPay Clone and a 13-Minute WindRelay Call Show How NFC Relays Empty Contactless Cards
25. august 2024
NGate’s HandyPay Clone and a 13-Minute WindRelay Call Show How NFC Relays Empty Contactless Cards
NGate relayed kontaktløse kort gennem Android-telefoner i Czechia, derefter skjult inde i en trojanized HandyPay app i Brasilien. Group- IB senere dokumenteret WindRelay, plantet under en 13-minutters bank-svindel opkald.
Fudan FM11RF08S Hotel And Office Cards Still Hide A Factory Backdoor, And Proxmark Guides Now Walk Attackers Through The Keys
22. august 2024
Fudan FM11RF08S Hotel And Office Cards Still Hide A Factory Backdoor, And Proxmark Guides Now Walk Attackers Through The Keys
Shanghai Fudan 's FM11RF08S MIFARE Classic kort bærer hardware bagdør nøgle A396EFA4E24F, som dumper diversificeret hotel og kontor nøgler. En 2026 Proxmark manual genvundet et levende hotel kort efter automatiseret...
Jareh Sebastian Dalke Tried to Sell NSA Secrets to an FBI Agent He Thought Was Russian and Got 262 Months
maj 1, 2024
Jareh Sebastian Dalke Tried to Sell NSA Secrets to an FBI Agent He Thought Was Russian and Got 262 Months
Jareh Sebastian Dalke lasted weeks at the NSA, tried to sell classified files to an undercover FBI employee, and was sentenced to 262 months.
Eight of Nine Chinese Pinyin Keyboards Let Eavesdroppers Read What Nearly a Billion People Typed
april 25, 2024
Eight of Nine Chinese Pinyin Keyboards Let Eavesdroppers Read What Nearly a Billion People Typed
Citizen Lab found that eight of nine popular Chinese pinyin keyboards could leak keystrokes to a passive eavesdropper, exposing up to a billion users.