Rob Waters

Rob is the Founder of The Breach Report newsletter and the Cybersecurity Careers Blog. He has over 15 years of experience working in the tech industry, including Google, Cisco, and Forescout. He has an MBA from the University of Southern California and a Master's in Cybersecurity from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

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Nov 20, 2024

Evgenii Ptitsyn Extradited to U.S. for Phobos Ransomware

The Justice Department charges Russian hacker Evgenii Ptitsyn as the administrator of a ransomware-as-a-service organization extorting millions from victims

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Nov 18, 2024

Snowflake hackers charged with stealing 50 billion AT&T records

U.S. DoJ charges Connor Moucka and John Binns with stealing AT&T data from a breached Snowflake instance, extorting $2.5M in bitcoin from victims, and $370K ransom from AT&T

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Nov 16, 2024

T-Mobile hacked in Chinese cyber-espionage operation

Salt Typhoon hackers breached T-Mobile network for months in massive telecom intelligence gathering operation

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Nov 10, 2024

Why Hacking the United States Presidential Election is Nearly Impossible

Despite multiple threats, the November 2024 Presidential Election had no evidence of cheating or foreign interference

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Nov 05, 2024

CISA, FBI: U.S. Elections are secure despite Russian interference attempts

Joint statement by ODNI, CISA, and FBI states Russian disinformation campaigns spread false videos of ballot fraud and illegal voting across social media platforms

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