A 19-year-old student from Massachusetts, Matthew Lane, is facing up to 17 years in prison for hacking and extorting $2.85 million in Bitcoin from ed tech company PowerSchool in 2024. Lane accessed personal data of millions of students and teachers using stolen employee credentials, then transferred this data to a server in Ukraine. PowerSchool was reportedly unaware of the breach for over 100 days until Lane’s ransom demand.
Microsoft takes legal action against infostealer Lumma
Microsoft has taken legal action against the information-stealing malware Lumma Stealer, blocking nearly 2,300 related websites. The US Department of Justice seized Lumma’s central command