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☆ Inside the $93 million Wall Street heist that stemmed from Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-15 | by ( Cnbc.Com Staff | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Then, they traded based on that insight, buying and selling stock from well-known American companies like Skechers, Snapchat and Roku. Vladislav Klyushin, who was sentenced to nine years in an American prison for his $93 million hack-to-trade conspiracy. "[They're] breaking into these American companies," said Steven Frank, a federal prosecutor familiar with the case. "Stealing information day after day…and just trading on it." Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards The homepage for the Russian cybersecurity firm M-13, which was stealing financial information from American companies.

Persons: Vladislav Klyushin, Klyushin's, Roku, Tesla, Steven Frank, Klyushin, Massachusetts CNBC's Eamon Javers, Javers, —, Evan Gershkovich, Ella Milman, Roberto Schmidt Organizations: Attorney's, Massachusetts, of Massachusetts, Tesla, FBI, U.S, Wall Street, Russia, Joint Base Andrews, Afp, Getty, CNBC Locations: Russian, U.S, Russia, Maryland

☆ A millennial couple with a $1.2 million net worth explains how they both plan to retire by 35
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-14 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

They've managed to do all that while never making more than about $200,000 combined in yearly income from work. "We got our first house young, but we didn't buy all new furniture; we furnished it with hand-me-downs and thrift store finds," Wallace said. Between their three homes, which total $1.9 million in value, they have about $850,000 in equity, and they don't plan on paying them off early as interest rates on them are below 3.5%. Becoming millionairesThey hit their first half-million in 2021 and became millionaires in 2022, bringing their net worth above $1.2 million this year. They both plan on retiring in four years but anticipate working in part-time roles that better align with their passions.

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☆ News outlets were sent leaked Trump campaign files. They chose not to publish them
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Jon Passantino | Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The dossier included what the Trump campaign identified as Vance’s potential vulnerabilities. Instead, the first public sign of any release of private information came Saturday, when the Trump campaign went public with its announcement that it had been hacked, pointing the finger at Iranian operatives. “These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said. As long as they’re verified and newsworthy, then they’re fair game, but motive is an important part of the story, too,” Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University, told CNN. The role of the media is to act independently in this situation,” Kirtley told CNN.

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The FBI said Monday afternoon that it is investigating what the Trump campaign has characterized as a successful effort to hack into its campaign and steal private documents. A Trump campaign spokesperson said Saturday that it had been hacked in June. The claim from the Trump campaign adds to what had already been a deeply antagonistic relationship between Iran and the former president. The apparent hack of Trump campaign files echoes the 2016 Russian campaign against Hillary Clinton, but so far seems notably less elaborate in distributing the hacked files. There is no apparent similar distribution system for the hacked Trump files, at least so far.

Persons: Trump, Hillary, Hillary Clinton’s, Donald Trump, Chris Krebs, SentinelOne, ”, Krebs, Qassem Soleimani, Adam Schiff, ” Schiff, Schiff, Hillary Clinton, Simin Kargar Organizations: FBI, Politico, The Washington Post, The New York Times, NBC News, Microsoft, United Nations, Democratic National Committee, U.S, Republican, Infrastructure Security Agency, Biden, Iran’s, Former U.S, Rep, House Intelligence Committee, Intelligence, Democratic, Trump, WikiLeaks, Atlantic, Forensic Research Locations: Russia, China, Iran, Tehran, U.S, Romanian

☆ Suspected Iranian hackers breached personal email account of someone associated with Trump campaign, investigators believe
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | Evan Perez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The FBI and other investigators probing the apparent hack-and-leak of Trump campaign documents, which Donald Trump has blamed on Iran, suspect that the hackers were able to compromise the personal email account of someone associated with the campaign, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The hackers used access to the breached personal email account to try to break into the account of a senior Trump campaign official as part of a persistent effort to access campaign networks, one of the sources said. The FBI also briefed the Biden-Harris campaign in June about Iranian hackers targeting that campaign, one of the sources said. The FBI said in a statement Monday that it was investigating the reported cyberattack on the Trump campaign but declined to comment further. But the techniques used by the hackers to target the Trump campaign match those associated with Iranian hackers, according to one source familiar with the matter.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Harris, “, Avril Haines, CNN’s Zachary Cohen Organizations: CNN, FBI, Trump, Microsoft, Biden, stoke Locations: Iran, Israel

☆ F.B.I. Investigating Hacking That Trump Campaign Attributes to Iran
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Adam Goldman | More About Adam Goldman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

said on Monday that it was investigating whether the Trump campaign had been hacked, days after the former president said Iran had launched a cyberattack. The bureau did not specifically name Iran or former President Donald J. Trump but referred to news reports about a “campaign cyberintrusion.”“We can confirm the F.B.I. has said Iran, China and Russia were at the top of the list. Russia has a long history of trying to sow chaos in American elections, targeting the Democratic National Committee in 2016. The Trump campaign has so far provided no evidence of Iran’s involvement, but on Friday Microsoft said a hacking group run by the intelligence unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps had breached the account of a “former senior adviser” to a presidential campaign.

Persons: Trump, Donald J, ” Organizations: Democratic National Committee, Microsoft, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Locations: Iran, U.S, China, Russia

☆ The Hacking of Presidential Campaigns Begins, With the Usual Fog of Motives
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( David E. Sanger | Michael Gold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For the third presidential election in a row, the foreign hacking of the campaigns has begun in earnest. But this time, it’s the Iranians, not the Russians, making the first significant move. On Friday, Microsoft released a report declaring that a hacking group run by the intelligence unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had successfully breached the account of a “former senior adviser” to a presidential campaign. From that account, Microsoft said, the group sent fake email messages, known as “spear phishing,” to “a high-ranking official of a presidential campaign” in an effort to break into the campaign’s own accounts and databases. The facts were murkier, and it is unclear what, if anything, the Iranian group, which Microsoft called Mint Sandstorm, was able to achieve.

Persons: ”, Donald J, Trump, ” Biden Organizations: Microsoft, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iranian Government

☆ Trump campaign says it was hacked by foreign actors
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The Trump campaign on Saturday said that a foreign hacker had breached its systems and gained access to internal communications. Politico began receiving leaked campaign documents from an anonymous source on July 22, according to the news outlet's report on Saturday. Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether the Trump campaign had been a target of the Iranian hacking plot. Politico reported that it began receiving Trump campaign documents from an anonymous email account identifying only as "Robert." Politico did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether it was working with the Trump campaign and law enforcement to investigate the hack.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Steven Cheung, Cheung, Robert, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Florida Sen, Marco Rubio, Jen, that's Organizations: Politico, Democratic, CNBC, Microsoft, Officials, Trump, Federal Bureau of, Infrastructure Security Agency Locations: Lago, Palm Beach , Florida, United States, Iran, Florida

LAS VEGAS — DEF CON, the world’s largest hacker conference, is trying to put its legions of experts to work by creating a volunteer army to help protect America’s vulnerable water systems and schools. It also aims to help the broader public access the cybersecurity research the hackers produce during the conference each year. “So how do we best help them help other people?”The project has two main elements. The second is connecting hackers with places that are in desperate need of cybersecurity help, starting with water and wastewater facilities and schools. DEF CON has partnered with the largest water facility trade group, the National Rural Water Association (NRWA), to help match facilities with hackers.

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☆ Iran steps up influence campaign aimed at US voters with fake news sites, Microsoft says
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-09 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Iranian operatives have ramped up their attempts to influence and monitor the US presidential election by creating fake news outlets targeting liberal and conservative voters and by trying to hack an unnamed presidential campaign, Microsoft said in research published late Thursday. Microsoft said it notified the campaign of the hacking attempt, but declined to say publicly which campaign it was. CNN has requested comment from the Trump campaign. The Iranian, Russian and Chinese governments routinely deny allegations of election influence operations. As president, Trump ordered the killing of top Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, and he withdrew from a multilateral deal aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear program.

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☆ Prosecutors used an AI tool to send a man to prison for life. Now the person who created it is under investigation.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Darius Rafieyan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

But prosecutors had no direct evidence tying Black to the location of the murder, an Ohio appellate court later said. In many cases, prosecutors themselves don't even have access to the source code and haven't reviewed the underlying technology. Back in Akron, the judge in Rankin's case ordered the Cybercheck evidence excluded after prosecutors failed to turn over the source code. The Summit County Prosecutor's Office declined to comment when reached by BI. It's unclear how many others may be behind bars because of Cybercheck evidence that was never rigorously scrutinized.

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☆ Putin’s Trader: How Russian hackers stole millions from U.S. investors
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-02 | by ( Eamon Javers | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPutin’s Trader: How Russian hackers stole millions from U.S. investorsRussian oligarch Vladislav Klyushin was the owner of a cybersecurity company in Moscow called M-13, but the firm was secretly a front for a hacking and insider trading operation that plagued Wall Street for years, generating more than $90 million in illicit profits. With exclusive access to the investigators who chased Klyushin around the globe, and an interview with a former Russian spy, CNBC’s Eamon Javers reveals the shocking details of this audacious criminal enterprise.

Persons: Russian oligarch Vladislav Klyushin, Klyushin, CNBC’s Eamon Javers Locations: Russian, Moscow

It’s rare for Russian criminal hackers to land in U.S. prisons and even rarer for them to get out early. But two of the eight Russians released in Thursday’s prisoner swap with the U.S. are seasoned cybercriminals. It is believed to be the first time the U.S. has released international hackers in a prisoner exchange, according to cybercrime experts and a review conducted by NBC News. The two convicted Russian hackers, Vladislav Klyushin and Roman Seleznev, are in their early 40s. Natalia Kolesnikova / AFP - Getty ImagesThat was true for the men released Thursday.

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☆ UK police examining allegations Washington Post publisher purposely deleted emails in phone hacking scandal
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The Guardian said Brown wrote to police after documents that were recently made public during civil court proceedings reportedly showed Lewis met with detectives in 2011. After he was hired by the Post, Lewis also tried to kill a story about his alleged involvement in the phone hacking scandal coverup, offering an NPR reporter an interview in exchange for squashing the forthcoming article. In May, Brown wrote to the Metropolitan Police and said he was told that the “Met’s special inquiry team” would look into it. The security threats were believed to be genuine and were not devised as part of an alleged ‘cover-up’ and there is no evidence to show that is the case,” the News UK spokesperson said. The allegations swirling around Lewis have roiled The Washington Post newsroom in recent months.

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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch 'Putin's Trader' — the biggest insider trading ring on Wall Street is in the KremlinRussian oligarch Vladislav Klyushin was the owner of a cybersecurity company in Moscow called M-13, but the firm was secretly a front for a hacking and insider trading operation that plagued Wall Street for years, generating more than $90 million in illicit profits. With exclusive access to the investigators who chased Klyushin around the globe, and an interview with a former Russian spy, CNBC's Eamon Javers reveals the shocking details of this audacious criminal enterprise.

Persons: Vladislav Klyushin, Klyushin, CNBC's Eamon Javers Organizations: Kremlin Locations: Moscow, Russian

☆ Who was freed in major prisoner swap between Russia and the West?
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

The German court that convicted Krasikov in 2021 said he acted on behalf of the Russian state, shooting Khangoshvili “execution style” in broad daylight. Vadim Konoshchenok, 48An undated photo of Vadim Konoshchenok included in a 2022 court document. He was arrested in February 2022, according to the Polish state news agency PAP. Lilia Chanysheva, 42Lilia Chanysheva stands is seen during a hearing at the Kirovskiy District Court in Ufa, Russia, on June 14, 2023. He was sentenced to four years in a penal colony in July 2022, according to Amnesty International.

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☆ Scotland Yard Will Review Email Deletions in News Corp Hacking Scandal
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Jo Becker | Benjamin Mullin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Scotland Yard has opened a preliminary inquiry into the deletion of tens of millions of emails during the British phone-hacking scandal that rocked Rupert Murdoch’s news media empire more than a dozen years ago. The development could entangle current and former News Corp executives, including the chief executive of The Washington Post, in an inquiry into whether the deletions were aimed at obstructing justice. The inquiry threatens to reopen a tumultuous chapter in British news media and political history. The scandal toppled Mr. Murdoch’s best-selling tabloid newspaper, News of the World, and led to criminal charges and years of civil lawsuits. Many hacking victims have argued for years that Mr. Murdoch’s British company, News UK, improperly purged emails to limit the fallout.

Persons: Rupert Murdoch’s, Murdoch’s Organizations: News Corp, The Washington Post, News UK Locations: Murdoch’s British

☆ Delta just issued a warning shot to CrowdStrike about the money it wants to help cover some losses from the huge outage
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewDelta Air Lines is gearing up to demand money following an outage that sent the world, including the airline, into chaos. The carrier hired star attorney David Boies to seek damages from CrowdStrike and Microsoft for the July 19 computer outage that forced Delta to cancel about 6,000 flights, CNBC reported on Monday. AdvertisementWhile no lawsuit has been filed, Delta plans to seek compensation from CrowdStrike and Microsoft, CNBC reported. AdvertisementEven individuals hoping to seek damages from CrowdStrike through proposed class action lawsuits may have little luck. Between customer agreements that favor CrowdStrike and SolarWinds largely beating the SEC, CrowdStrike stands a good chance in court, Sanchez said.

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☆ Trump address to Black journalist convention prompts co-chair Karen Attiah to quit
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Washington Post Editor Karen Attiah leads a discussion on Saudi hacking techniques at the Oslo Freedom Forum 2019 on May 28, 2019 in Oslo, Norway. The co-chair of the annual National Association of Black Journalists convention stepped down Tuesday in apparent reaction to that group's decision to have former President Donald Trump speak at its convention and career fair in Chicago on Wednesday, among other factors. "To the journalists interviewing Trump, I wish them the best of luck," NABJ24 convention co-chair Karen Attiah wrote in a social media post announcing her decision to resign her position. CNBC has requested comment from Attiah and from NABJ, as well as from a spokesman for Trump's presidential campaign about Attiah's announcement. NABJ on Monday announced that the Republican nominee Trump would "participate in a conversation with journalists" at the convention before attendees.

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☆ These homeowners are ‘hacking’ their pools and lawns to earn extra cash
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Samantha Delouya | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Now, newer offerings allow homeowners to rent out portions of their homes on an even shorter-term basis, often by the hour. One of these platforms is Swimply, an online marketplace for private pool rentals that launched in 2020, just as the pandemic halted travel and more people looked to get their kicks locally. Peer-to-peer rental marketplaces of all kinds have popped up: RentMyCourt (private tennis and pickleball court rentals), SniffSpot (backyard rentals for dogs), CurbFlip (driveway and parking space rentals) and Vanly (driveway and shower rentals for people traveling in camper vans or RVs). Younger homebuyers are keenly aware of the opportunity to offset their expenses with extra cash. While the extra income is a focus for many homeowners, some participating in this budding industry say they’ve found something unexpected: community.

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☆ It's time to fix your calendar so you can get more done and be happier
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Tim Paradis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

There's a good chance the calendar you might have scrubbed clean months ago is again overgrown with meetings. Data from the calendar management company Clockwise shows that time in meetings tends to go up as the year rolls on. Tidying up your calendar can boost your productivity and overall well-being — plus, it can save your employer a boatload of money. Inside many organizations, workers' time has become compromised, Martin said. Advertisement"There's always something on there — like the meeting that's been rescheduled four times.

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☆ We rented our house on Airbnb for 15 years. It was so much work that we had to stop.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Dana Mcmahan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Renting your home to strangers for money wasn't even on the horizon when my husband and I bought our first house almost 20 years ago. I thought renting our house to race-goers would be an easy way to make a quick paycheck. We were early Airbnb adoptersIt didn't go well at first, though, with our first guests writing us a bad check. Courtesy of the auhorAlthough it's commonplace now, in those early days, friends thought we'd lost it when we let strangers stay in our house. A beautiful house that just needed some work, with a third floor guest suite and a carriage house, it had tons of potential as a short-term rental rental.

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☆ The personal cybersecurity concierge is a new perk, and need, among the wealthy
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Ellen Sheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting wealthy individuals, making cybersecurity concierges a new must-have for the rich and their families, including executives. While companies are spending heavily on cybersecurity, personal and home devices are generally less protected, making them easier to crack. And despite their sizeable assets and growing threat of cyberattacks, family offices and wealthy families don't think of themselves as targets because hackings are rarely publicized. JPMorgan Private Bank offers cybersecurity help to its ultra-high net worth clients, along with lifestyle and travel services. "I think one of the misconceptions is that — particularly for family offices — 'we're small and nobody notices us.'

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☆ US indicts North Korean hacker accused of helping extort US hospitals
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Sean Lyngaas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The US Justice Department on Thursday announced the indictment of an alleged North Korean government-backed hacker for allegedly participating in a scheme to break into US hospital computer systems and extort them for ransom. The hacks of health care providers locked up medical records and disrupted health care services in the US, US officials said. Thwarting North Korean hacking and money laundering has become a national security priority for the Biden administration. CNN previously reported on how South Korean spies and American companies try to intercept cryptocurrency stolen by North Korean hackers. Another CNN investigation identified one cryptocurrency entrepreneur who said his firm had unwittingly sent a North Korean IT worker tens of thousands of dollars.

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