Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Hacking Suspect Tied to Theft of Data From AT&T, TicketMaster, Santander and OthersCanadian authorities arrested a suspected extortionist tied to the hacking theft of terabytes of data from clients of cloud-based data warehousing platform Snowflake. Charges against the suspect, Alexander Moucka, aka Connor Moucka, have yet to be publicly detailed.

6.9 Million Individuals' Genetic Details Stolen via 2023 Credential-Stuffing AttackPrivacy regulators in the U.K. and Canada have launched a joint investigation into 23andMe following the direct-to-consumer genetic testing service suffering a massive data breach in October 2023 that led to the theft of 6.9 million individuals' ancestry details.

Canadian Retail Pharmacy Chain Says It's Reviewing Exposed Data on Gang's Leak SiteLockBit has begun to leak on its dark web site files of data the Russian-speaking cybercriminal gang claims to have stolen in an April attack on London Drugs. The group had threatened to publish the exfiltrated data if the Canadian retail pharmacy chain does not pay a $25 million ransom demand.

Threatens to Leak Stolen Data; Attack Temporarily Shut Down Retail Pharmacy StoresLockBit cybercriminals demanded a $25 million ransom from Canadian pharmacy retail chain London Drugs following an attack detected in late April that forced the company to temporarily close its 79 stores across western Canada for more than a week.

Also: Crypto King Indicted in CanadaThis week, $25M in ethereum was stolen, Sonne Finance was hacked, a thief returned stolen crypto, Canada indicted its crypto king, the U.S. blocked a purchase by a Chinese crypto mining firm, Canada took regulatory action against Binance, and two senators were concerned about cryptomixer policy.