Security news aggregator

Latest coverage for Theft

Theft in cybersecurity covers stolen data, credentials, devices, and funds, often creating risks of unauthorized access, fraud, and privacy loss.

1 headlines in this view

Refine the feed

Search across headline titles and summaries.

Tag briefing

Background for this topic.

Unauthorized taking or copying of information, credentials, intellectual property, or digital assets is cyber theft. News under this tag may involve stolen passwords, payment data, personal information, source code, cloud tokens, cryptocurrency, or sensitive business files. Theft can result from phishing, malware, compromised accounts, insider access, exposed storage, or the loss of an unencrypted device; the relevant issue is the unauthorized acquisition or control of an asset, whether or not the attacker also alters systems.

Security teams should identify where valuable data and credentials are stored, restrict access by role, require strong authentication, encrypt data at rest and in transit, and monitor unusual downloads or transfers. Vulnerability management matters when flaws expose databases, endpoints, or cloud services to unauthorized retrieval. After suspected theft, preserving logs, revoking tokens and credentials, determining what was accessed or copied, and assessing privacy or notification obligations are central to containing the incident and measuring its impact.

Showing 1 most recent headlines Filtered view
Krebs on Security 4 years, 2 months ago

Leaked Chats Show LAPSUS$ Stole T-Mobile Source Code

KrebsOnSecurity recently reviewed a copy of the private chat messages between members of the LAPSUS$ cybercrime group in the week leading up to the arrest of its most active members last month. The logs show LAPSUS$ breached T-Mobile multiple times in March, stealing source code for a range of company projects. T-Mobile says no customer or government information was stolen in the intrusion. LAPSUS$ is known for stealing data and then demanding a ransom not to publish or sell it. But the leaked chats indicate this mercenary activity was of little interest to the tyrannical teenage leader of LAPSUS$, whose obsession with stealing and leaking proprietary computer source code from the world’s largest tech companies ultimately led to the group’s undoing.

Krebs on Security 23 Apr 2022, 1:09 a.m. Breach Cybercrime Government Lapsus LAPSUS$ Leak Mobile Ransom Source Code Theft