Accenture spotted the LockBit ransomware attack on its systems as far back as July 30 and found that hackers had stolen documents referencing clients, as well as work materials created on clients’ behalf, according to a report from cybersecurity news site CyberScoop. The publicly traded IT consultancy initially confirmed the ransomware attack on Wednesday in…
A hacker who stole more than $600 million in one of the largest ever cryptocurrency heists has returned over half of what they took. Poly Network, a decentralised finance (DeFi) platform, said the hacker had sent back $256 million on Binance Smart Chain, $3.3 million in Ethereum and $1 million in Polygon as of 11th…
Gigabyte has been the victim of a cyberattack, which was reportedly the work of a ransomware outfit called RansomEXX. According to The Record, the attack didn’t have an impact on any of the company’s production systems, but it did affect some internal servers. Currently, some parts of Gigabyte’s website, including its support section, are down,…
A newly discovered eCh0raix ransomware variant has added support for encrypting both QNAP and Synology Network-Attached Storage (NAS) devices. This ransomware strain (also known as QNAPCrypt) first surfaced in June 2016, after victims began reporting attacks in a BleepingComputer forum topic. The ransomware hit QNAP NAS devices in multiple waves, with two large-scale ones were reported in June 2019 and in June…
Cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Poly Network was attacked on Tuesday, with the alleged hacker draining roughly $600 million in crypto. From a report: Poly Network, a protocol launched by the founder of Chinese blockchain project Neo, operates on the Binance Smart Chain, Ethereum and Polygon blockchains. Tuesday’s attack struck each chain consecutively, with the…
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The threat actor who hacked Poly Network’s cross-chain interoperability protocol yesterday to steal over $600 million worth of cryptocurrency assets is now returning the stolen funds. As the Chinese decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Poly Network shared two hours ago, the hacker has already returned almost $260 million worth of stolen cryptocurrency. In total, the attacker…
Photo by Yuriko Nakao/Getty Images) One of the biggest cryptocurrency heists on record is gradually being reversed, as hacker “Mr. White Hat” continues to return the stolen assets to Poly Network. Poly Network, a peer-to-peer DeFi platform, said on Wednesday that a vulnerability in its code led to a heist of $610 million in assets…
The threat actor who hacked Poly Network’s cross-chain interoperability protocol yesterday to steal over $600 million worth of cryptocurrency assets is now returning the stolen funds. As the Chinese decentralized finance (DeFi) platform Poly Network shared two hours ago, the hacker has already returned almost $260 million worth of stolen cryptocurrency. In total, the attacker…
Accenture officials are saying they staved off a ransomware attack this week by a cybercriminal ring using the LockBit malware even as the hacker group claimed to have captured data from the massive global IT and business consulting firm and has threatened to release it. A CNBC reporter on Aug. 11 sent out a series…
