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On this first episode of Leaky Weekly after our winter break, host and security researcher Nick Ascoli covers recent events in the cybercrime space the PowerSchool hack, Cracked & Nulled takedown & arrests, Otelier data leak, DeepSeek data leak, and Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) breach report findings.
Here are the resources Nick mentions:
- Children’s data hacked after school software firm missed basic security step, internal report says (NBC News)
- PowerSchool Cybersecurity Incident (PowerSchool)
- AT&T Paid a Hacker $370,000 to Delete Stolen Phone Records (WIRED)
- FBI has warned agents it believes hackers stole their call logs (Fortune)
- Law enforcement takes down two largest cybercrime forums in the world (Europol)
- Otelier data breach exposes info, hotel reservations of millions (Bleeping Computer)
- Wiz Research Uncovers Exposed DeepSeek Database Leaking Sensitive Information, Including Chat History (Wiz)
- ITRC Annual Data Breach Report (Identity Theft Resource Center)
- Canadian Man Arrested in Snowflake Data Extortions (Krebs On Security)
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