Zack Whittaker, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com Startup and Technology News Thu, 22 May 2025 19:37:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/cropped-cropped-favicon-gradient.png?w=32 Zack Whittaker, Author at TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com 32 32 Microsoft says Lumma password stealer malware found on 394,000 Windows PCs https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/22/microsoft-says-lumma-password-stealer-malware-found-on-394000-windows-pcs/ Thu, 22 May 2025 18:09:11 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3011053 US student agrees to plead guilty to hack affecting tens of millions of students https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/us-student-agrees-to-plead-guilty-to-hack-affecting-tens-of-millions-of-students/ Wed, 21 May 2025 15:15:21 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3010219 Coinbase says its data breach affects at least 69,000 customers https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/21/coinbase-says-its-data-breach-affects-at-least-69000-customers/ Wed, 21 May 2025 13:03:10 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3010172 The people in Elon Musk’s DOGE universe https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/20/the-people-in-elon-musk-doge-universe/ Tue, 20 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2966374 Cocospy stalkerware apps go offline after data breach https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/cocospy-stalkerware-apps-go-offline-after-data-breach/ Mon, 19 May 2025 16:10:30 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3008693 Pharma giant Regeneron to buy 23andMe and its customers’ data for $256M https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/19/pharma-giant-regeneron-to-buy-23andme-and-its-customers-data-for-256m/ Mon, 19 May 2025 14:35:59 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3008665 Coinbase says customers’ personal information stolen in data breach https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/15/coinbase-says-customers-personal-information-stolen-in-data-breach/ Thu, 15 May 2025 11:58:30 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3007554 White House scraps plan to block data brokers from selling Americans’ sensitive data https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/14/white-house-scraps-plan-to-block-data-brokers-from-selling-americans-sensitive-data/ Wed, 14 May 2025 18:35:20 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3007323 GovDelivery, an email alert system used by governments, abused to send scam messages https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/government-email-alert-system-govdelivery-used-to-send-scam-messages/ Tue, 13 May 2025 15:35:06 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006462 Marks & Spencer confirms customers’ personal data was stolen in hack https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/13/marks-spencer-confirms-customers-personal-data-was-stolen-in-hack/ Tue, 13 May 2025 12:10:48 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3006356 Florida bill requiring encryption backdoors for social media accounts has failed https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/09/florida-bill-requiring-encryption-backdoors-for-social-media-accounts-has-failed/ Fri, 09 May 2025 13:15:55 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3005188 PowerSchool paid a hacker’s ransom, but now schools say they are being extorted https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/08/powerschool-paid-a-hackers-ransom-but-now-schools-say-they-are-being-extorted/ Thu, 08 May 2025 17:52:04 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3004913 VC firm Insight Partners confirms personal data stolen during January hack https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/08/vc-firm-insight-partners-confirms-personal-data-stolen-during-january-hack/ Thu, 08 May 2025 11:40:43 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3004690 Dating app Raw exposed users’ location data and personal information https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/dating-app-raw-exposed-users-location-data-personal-information/ Fri, 02 May 2025 17:56:04 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3002371 UK retail giant Co-op warns of disruption as it battles cyberattack https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/30/uk-retail-giant-co-op-warns-of-disruption-as-it-battles-cyberattack/ Wed, 30 Apr 2025 13:50:32 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=3001144 The TechCrunch Cyber Glossary https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/25/techcrunch-reference-guide-to-security-terminology/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 18:35:00 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2882126 Data breach at Connecticut’s Yale New Haven Health affects over 5 million https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/25/data-breach-at-connecticut-yale-new-haven-health-affects-over-5-million/ Fri, 25 Apr 2025 13:00:52 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2999099 Blue Shield of California shared the private health data of millions with Google for years https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/blue-shield-of-california-shared-the-private-health-data-of-millions-with-google-for-years/ Wed, 23 Apr 2025 13:55:13 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2997754 Marks & Spencer confirms cybersecurity incident amid ongoing disruption https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/22/marks-spencer-confirms-cybersecurity-incident-amid-ongoing-disruption/ Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:20:25 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2996960 Florida draft law mandating encryption backdoors for social media accounts billed ‘dangerous and dumb’ https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/17/florida-draft-law-mandating-encryption-backdoors-for-social-media-accounts-billed-dangerous-and-dumb/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:02:02 +0000 https://techcrunch.com/?p=2995555