Black Axe, originating in Nigeria, is a vast organization with an estimated 30,000 members globally, notorious for crimes including human trafficking and armed robbery, but particularly for sophisticated online fraud.
Texas-based Gulshan Management Services, which operates more than 150 Handi Plus and Handi Stop gas stations and convenience stores across the U.S., had data from over 377,000 individuals pilfered following a September data breach, HackRead reports.
Over 700,000 Illinois residents had their data inadvertently leaked by the state Department of Human Services for four years as a result of a misconfiguration that was only addressed in September, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.
Meta has begun the rollout of fixes for several zero-day vulnerabilities impacting WhatsApp, which could be exploited to facilitate user metadata exposure, reports SecurityWeek.
In comments to the Financial Times, De Bruycker argued that Europe's overwhelming reliance on American technology giants for cloud services and digital infrastructure has ceded control and exposed the bloc to geopolitical pressure.
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