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Microsoft President Brad Smith described the SolarWinds breach as "the largest and most sophisticated attack the world has ever seen."

The attacks mostly affected information technology providers, especially web hosting providers.

The exposed database contained 124 million rows for the several thousand users, including user email addresses, hashed passwords and other sensitive info.

The marketplace ceased operations on February 3, 2021, angering many customers, who still had balances to spend

The suspects are believed to be the Egregor ransomware affiliates tasked with hacking into corporate networks, or providing logistical and financial support.

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Hackers use the ScreenConnect tool to steal data from UAE government entities.

The number of web shell attacks almost doubled since the previous year.

The computers used by water plant personnel shared the same password for remote access and were not secured behind any type of firewall protection.

Hackers hijacked the victims’ phone numbers and took control of their apps or accounts by changing the passwords.