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2025 · FOX 13
Wi-Fi jammers used in Seattle athletes home invasions
Suspects used cheap Wi-Fi jammers to disable security cameras during break-ins at homes of Seattle athletes, highlighting growing gaps in smart home security.
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2025 · FBI
FBI Warns of Rising Sextortion Targeting Kids and Teens Online
The FBI warns of a surge in online sextortion targeting children and teens through threats, manipulation, and blackmail — with some cases ending in tragedy.
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2025 · THE GUARDIAN
Lawyers for Hong Kong activist targeted by China
UK lawyers representing Jimmy Lai faced a Chinese state-backed campaign of hacking, impersonation, and personal threats that forced serious security precautions.
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2025 · THE GUARDIAN
Government officials targeted by Russia
Russian state-linked group Star Blizzard targeted WhatsApp accounts of government ministers worldwide using malicious QR codes and spear-phishing emails.
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2024 · PC MAG
Sydney Sweeney Verizon phone number hijacked
Sydney Sweeney’s X account was seized via a SIM-swap on her Verizon account and used to promote a cryptocurrency scam.
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2023 · FORTUNE
Mark Cuban loses $870K in crypto hack
Mark Cuban lost $870,000 after downloading a compromised MetaMask wallet that silently drained ten tokens from his dormant crypto account.
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2022 · CNBC
$200K stolen from Bill Murray’s crypto charity
Hackers stole nearly $200,000 in Ethereum from Bill Murray’s charity NFT auction and attempted to drain his high-value CryptoPunks collection.
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2020 · BLEEPING COMPUTER
REvil breaches Allen Grubman’s celebrity law firm
The Sodinokibi ransomware group breached celebrity law firm Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks, threatening to release 750GB of sensitive client data.
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2020 · CNN
$1 million stolen in a SIM swap attack
Robert Ross lost $1 million in hours after cybercriminals impersonated him to seize his phone number and drain his life savings.
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2019 · THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
Jeff Bezos WhatsApp leak
Jeff Bezos’s phone was compromised via a malicious WhatsApp message reportedly linked to Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, exfiltrating gigabytes of data within hours.
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2016 · THE GUARDIAN
Top Democrat’s emails hacked by Russia
A single typo exposed John Podesta’s inbox to Russian hackers, who leaked tens of thousands of Democratic emails via WikiLeaks.
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2014 · THE GUARDIAN
Hackers leak private images from celebrity iCloud accounts
Spear-phishing and brute-force attacks compromised iCloud accounts of nearly 500 celebrities, leaking private photos widely across the internet.
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