Another one gone too soon. Sophia was brilliant, the whole industry will suffer from her loss. What a tragedy.

NEW: CISA has confirmed that Russian government hackers stole emails from several U.S. federal agencies as a result of an ongoing cyberattack at Microsoft.

CISA said the latest theft presents 'a grave and unacceptable risk' to U.S. federal agencies.

techcrunch.com/2024/04/11/us-…

Received Apple Threat Notification about mercenary spyware? 😳

Don’t rush to reset your iPhone!📱❌

Instead:

✅ install updates
✅ enable Lockdown Mode
✅ backup your iPhone to preserve evidence
✅ if civil society, contact the Helpline!

More here accessnow.org/help/access-no……

NEW: Apple notified people in 92 countries they may have been targeted with spyware, TechCrunch learned.

“Apple detected that you are being targeted by a mercenary spyware attack that is trying to remotely compromise the iPhone' linked to your Apple ID.

techcrunch.com/2024/04/10/app…

2/ Apple's notifications continue to play critical role in helping #MercenarySpyware targets get help & take action.

And they keep leading to accountability.

To date, Apple says they have notified users in 150 countries.

That's a jaw-dropping illustration of the scale of the…

New: AT&T has begun notifying U.S. state authorities and regulators after confirming millions of customer records posted online were authentic.

AT&T is notifying ~51 mil people, including current and former customers, according to disclosure with Maine.

techcrunch.com/2024/04/10/att…

I was just about to complain about this. After Signal rolled out usernames and people started removing their numbers it was getting hard to find people you were already talking to. Looks like this solves the problem.

NEW: A ransomware gang posted an audio recording of one of its members talking to an employee who works for a company they hacked.

The call shows the hacker getting frustrated with the woman, who pushes back.

“Ma’am, I’m a hacker,” the hacker says.

techcrunch.com/2024/04/09/ran…

NEW: A consulting firm that works with U.S. Department of Justice disclosed where hackers stole 341,650 Social Security numbers.

Greylock McKinnon Associates detected the cyberattack in May 2023, but is only notified victims and the public now.

techcrunch.com/2024/04/08/hac…

New: India’s largest audio and wearables brand BoAt is investigating a possible data breach after hackers advertised a cache of alleged customer data online.

techcrunch.com/2024/04/08/ind…

NEW: Polish Government has begun notifying #Pegasus spyware targets.

Remarkable to see the accountability from the new gov.

Unthinkable back in 2021 when we Citizen Lab began confirming abuses in #Poland
tvpworld.com/76811115/polan…

I bet some people still feel like this.

From zf0's fifth ezine: exploit-db.com/ezines/kr5hou2…

Joseph Cox 404 Media (we haven't had a chance to read it, no idea if he wore a wig and fake mustache, but we sure hope he did)

(leaked image of Joseph sneaking into the conference)