ABC 7 Chicago

Gen Z hacker 'thankful that I got caught' after student data breach hits thousands in Chicagoland

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A massive data breach impacted thousands of students and their parents in Chicago's suburbs, and the man behind it was only 19 the time. Now, ABC News and the ABC7 I-Team are talking ...
New York Post

‘Hack-a-Mitch’ strategy could be a Knicks problem — if Cavaliers commit to it

Knicks center Mitchell Robinson working on his free throws during practice at the Knicks Training facility. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post To an astute NBA analyst, the Hack-A-Mitch can’t be a ...
CNET

Canvas Hack Aftermath: Congress Wants Instructure to Answer Questions

A hacker group stole data from more than 9,000 schools using an exploit in Instructure's service. Now the House Homeland Security Committee is getting involved. Tyler is a writer for CNET covering ...
CBS News

Canvas' parent company strikes deal with hackers to delete data stolen from educational platform

The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle ...
WPBF

PYTHON BE GONE: New efforts to combat Florida's python problem

FORTUNATELY, NOBODY WAS INJURED. CONTROLLING THE PYTHON POPULATION HERE IN FLORIDA, GOVERNOR DESANTIS SPOKE IN STUART TODAY ABOUT SOME NEW ACTIONS THE STATE PLANS TO TAKE TO CONTROL THE GROWTH OF ...
CNBC

Google says it likely thwarted effort by hacker group to use AI for 'mass exploitation event'

Google's Threat Intelligence Group said hackers are using AI models such as OpenClaw to uncover and exploit zero-day software vulnerabilities. The group said in a report that it had uncovered and ...
Forbes

After The Canvas Hack, Here’s What Students And Colleges Should Do Next

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The Canvas hack left students scrambling to study for finals. Last Thursday, as students at ...
Mashable

Instructure Canvas hack update: Breach involved a specific teacher account type and interrupted finals

Students have struggled with Canvas downtime due to a data breach during school finals. Credit: Piotr Swat/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The hacking collective ShinyHunters says it ...
Bleeping Computer

JDownloader site hacked to replace installers with Python RAT malware

The website for the popular JDownloader download manager was compromised earlier this week to distribute malicious Windows and Linux installers, with the Windows payload found deploying a Python-based ...
Mashable

Instructure breach update: ShinyHunters claim second hack, deface school websites

ShinyHunters apparently isn't done with edutech giant Instructure. The now-infamous hacking and extortion collective known as ShinyHunters has once again breached Instructure, the education technology ...
TechCrunch

Hackers are actively exploiting a bug in cPanel, used by millions of websites

Security researchers are sounding the alarm on a newly discovered vulnerability in the widely used web server management software cPanel and WebHost Manager (WHM). The bug allows hackers to hijack and ...