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Palo Alto ordered the removal of direct attributions to China from a Unit 42 report on a global hacking campaign due to fears of retaliation from China (Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 12, 2026

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Ilya Lichtenstein, sentenced in November 2024 to five years in prison for hacking Bitfinex, was released early due to the First Step Act, Trump’s prison reform law (CNBC)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 3, 2026

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South Korean police arrest four for hacking into 120,000 home security cameras, whose footage was used to make sexual exploitation material; one person won about $12,000 (John Yoon/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 2, 2025

John Yoon / New York Times: South Korean police arrest four for hacking into 120,000 home security cameras, whose footage…

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Unit 42 details how underground hacking forums advertise and sell custom, jailbroken and open source AI hacking tools such as WormGPT and KawaiiGPT (Derek B. Johnson/CyberScoop)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 29, 2025

Derek B. Johnson / CyberScoop: Unit 42 details how underground hacking forums advertise and sell custom, jailbroken, and open source…

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Some experts question Anthropic’s claims that cyberattacks exploited its tools, noting that white hat hackers report modest gains from AI-assisted hacking (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 15, 2025

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China says the December 2020 theft of 127,272 BTC, currently worth around $13 billion, from China’s LuBian mining pool is likely a "state-level hacking operation" led by the United States (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 11, 2025

Bloomberg: China says the December 2020 theft of 127,272 BTC, currently worth around $13 billion, from China’s LuBian mining pool…

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Source: The National Nuclear Security Administration of the United States was one of people violated by a harepoint hacking; No sensitive information is known to be compromised (Ari natter / Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 23, 2025

Ari natter / Bloomberg:: Source: The National Nuclear Security Administration of the United States was one of people violated by…

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Chinese hacking attacks against American targets were up 2x from 2024 to 330+ incidents in 2025; US officials say China has moved to “piracy for rental” (Joseph Menn / Washington Post)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 16, 2025

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Italy stops Chinese citizen Xu Zewei; A source indicates that XU is linked to the hafnium hacking group which violated Microsoft in 2021 to steal the secrets of the COVVI-19 vaccine (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsJuly 8, 2025

Financial time:: Italy stops Chinese citizen Xu Zewei; A source indicates that XU is linked to the hafnium hacking group…

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An Alabama man is sentenced to 14 months in prison for hacking the X account in 2024 and by showing a false announcement that the dry had approved Bitcoin Etf (Sarah Wynn / The Block)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 16, 2025

Sarah Wynn / The block:: An Alabama man is sentenced to 14 months in prison for hacking the X account…

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French forecast office refers suspicion of tampering with weather sensors at Paris airport to police after detecting unusual values alongside Polymarket betting (Joe Wertz/Bloomberg)

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Browsing: hacking

Palo Alto ordered the removal of direct attributions to China from a Unit 42 report on a global hacking campaign due to fears of retaliation from China (Reuters)

Ilya Lichtenstein, sentenced in November 2024 to five years in prison for hacking Bitfinex, was released early due to the First Step Act, Trump’s prison reform law (CNBC)

South Korean police arrest four for hacking into 120,000 home security cameras, whose footage was used to make sexual exploitation material; one person won about $12,000 (John Yoon/New York Times)

Unit 42 details how underground hacking forums advertise and sell custom, jailbroken and open source AI hacking tools such as WormGPT and KawaiiGPT (Derek B. Johnson/CyberScoop)

Some experts question Anthropic’s claims that cyberattacks exploited its tools, noting that white hat hackers report modest gains from AI-assisted hacking (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)

China says the December 2020 theft of 127,272 BTC, currently worth around $13 billion, from China’s LuBian mining pool is likely a "state-level hacking operation" led by the United States (Bloomberg)

Source: The National Nuclear Security Administration of the United States was one of people violated by a harepoint hacking; No sensitive information is known to be compromised (Ari natter / Bloomberg)

Chinese hacking attacks against American targets were up 2x from 2024 to 330+ incidents in 2025; US officials say China has moved to “piracy for rental” (Joseph Menn / Washington Post)

Italy stops Chinese citizen Xu Zewei; A source indicates that XU is linked to the hafnium hacking group which violated Microsoft in 2021 to steal the secrets of the COVVI-19 vaccine (Financial Times)

An Alabama man is sentenced to 14 months in prison for hacking the X account in 2024 and by showing a false announcement that the dry had approved Bitcoin Etf (Sarah Wynn / The Block)