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PandaBuy pays ransom to hacker only to get extorted again

Chinese shopping platform Pandabuy told BleepingComputer it previously paid a a ransom demand to prevent stolen data from being leaked, only for the same threat actor to extort the company again this week.
- Bill Toulas
- June 06, 2024
- 11:18 AM
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New executive order bans mass sale of personal data to China, Russia

U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to ban the bulk sale and transfer of Americans' private data to "countries of concern" such as China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- February 28, 2024
- 03:50 PM
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ShinyHunters member gets 3 years in prison for breaching 60 firms

The U.S. District Court in Seattle sentenced ShinyHunters member Sebastien Raoult to three years in prison and ordered a restitution of $5,000,000.
- Bill Toulas
- January 10, 2024
- 09:46 AM
- 0
FTC bans data broker from selling Americans’ location data

Today, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) banned data broker Outlogic, formerly X-Mode Social, from selling Americans' raw location data that could be used for tracking purposes.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 09, 2024
- 03:32 PM
- 0
ShinyHunters member pleads guilty to $6 million in data theft damages

Sebastien Raoult, a 22-year-old from France, has pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court of Seattle to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft as part of his activities in the ShinyHunters hacking group.
- Bill Toulas
- September 29, 2023
- 10:59 AM
- 0

PandaBuy pays ransom to hacker only to get extorted again

New executive order bans mass sale of personal data to China, Russia

ShinyHunters member gets 3 years in prison for breaching 60 firms

FTC bans data broker from selling Americans’ location data

ShinyHunters member pleads guilty to $6 million in data theft damages