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Tesla Security Footage Leaked in Verkada Cameras Hack; Twitter Suspends Account of Hacker!
A group of hackers named Advanced Persistent Threat 69420 stated that they had accessed a massive pile of security-camera data collected by Silicon Valley startup Verkada Inc.
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A group of hackers named Advanced Persistent Threat 69420 stated that they had accessed a massive pile of security-camera data collected by Silicon Valley startup Verkada Inc. On Wednesday, Twitter has blocked a member of the said group who claimed responsibility for breaching the security camera company.
Twitter Blocked Member of Advance Persistent Threat 69420
Newsweek reported that the Twitter accoiunt of a member of the Advanced Persistent Threat 69420 Twitter has been suspended. The group member named Tillie Kottman was removed from the social media platform after the group disclosed how it had access to live feeds from more than 150,000 of Verkada s security cameras.
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An expert report that cited a cyberattack as cause for the massive grid failure and blackout that hit Mumbai and adjoining areas on October 12 has been countered by Union Power Minister R K Singh. GoI has attributed the blackout to ‘human error’, not a hacking attempt. Whatever be the cause of that specific outage, shoring up cybersecurity is of critical import. With rapid digitisation, our vital installations, dam sluice-gate operations or financial markets, and even government accounts, are all vulnerable to cyberattacks, which are mostly anonymous and difficult to attribute to specific actors, either State, non-State, or both. In cyberspace, Advance Persistent Threats (APT) executed by anonymous hackers can often go unnoticed for long periods. Hence the need for proa
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Cyber Situational Awareness firm, Vehere, announced the appointment of Vipul Kumra as Director – Systems Engineering, in charge of Global Operations. He will support the company’s growth and expansion plans in the region as an Executive Leadership team member.
Commenting on the appointment, Praveen Jaiswal, Founder, and Director, Vehere said “We’re very excited to have Vipul on board as the Director for System Engineering. His strong technical skills and diverse background in IT security software will provide our System Engineering team unique perspectives. Vipul will help us enable and execute our regional vision, while ensuring cohesive and successful relationships with sales, customers, partners and product teams.”