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The Biggest Cryptocurrency Hack Ever - Why Did It Happen? - ThreatWire

08.17.2021 - By Shannon MorsePlay

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Poly Network Hack: 

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/08/hackers-siphon-600-million-in-digital-tokens-crypto-network-says/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/over-600-million-reportedly-stolen-in-cryptocurrency-hack/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/poly-network-hackers-potentially-stole-610-million-is-bitcoin-still-safe/

https://twitter.com/PolyNetwork2/status/1425130017546149891

https://www.reuters.com/technology/how-hackers-stole-613-million-crypto-tokens-poly-network-2021-08-12/

https://twitter.com/PolyNetwork2/status/1425123153009803267/photo/1

https://twitter.com/PolyNetwork2/status/1425870262067548163/photo/1

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-58193396

https://cointelegraph.com/news/poly-network-hacker-returns-258m-conducts-ama-on-how-it-went-down

PrintNightmare: 

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-windows-print-spooler-printnightmare-vulnerability/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-fixes-windows-10-printnightmare-flaw-with-this-update/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-confirms-another-windows-print-spooler-zero-day-bug/

https://twitter.com/gentilkiwi/status/1416429860566847490

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/ransomware-gang-uses-printnightmare-to-breach-windows-servers/

https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2021/08/vice-society-ransomware-printnightmare.html

T-Mobile Data: 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/akg8wg/tmobile-investigating-customer-data-breach-100-million

https://threatpost.com/t-mobile-investigates-100m-records/168689/

https://twitter.com/UnderTheBreach/status/1426923538099970050

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/t-mobile-investigating-claim-of-stolen-personal-data-for-sale/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hacker-claims-to-steal-data-of-100-million-t-mobile-customers/

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