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In 2016, approximately 120,000 bitcoin, then worth $71 million, were stolen in a hack on the Bitfinex cryptocurrency exchange. By 2022, as the value of the stolen cryptocurrency soared to $4.5 billion, law enforcement arrested Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan for their involvement in the theft and laundering of the funds, recovering $3.6 billion at the time.

Ahold Delhaize, a leading food retailer, experienced a cybersecurity incident affecting its US brands, including Giant Food and Hannaford.

Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed readiness to work with Donald Trump to strengthen US-China relations. During a meeting with Joe Biden, Xi highlighted the importance of long-term peaceful coexistence between the two nations.

The Biden administration has tackled ransomware as a national security threat, disrupting networks, recovering payments, and targeting key operators. Despite these efforts, ransomware attacks have continued to rise, with 2024 set to break records.

Super Typhoon Man-yi, locally known as Pepito, has forced the evacuation of over half a million people as it threatens the Philippines with devastating winds and rains. The storm made its first landfall in Catanduanes province on Saturday and is expected to strike Luzon, the country’s largest island, by Sunday afternoon.

Heroku CEO Bob Wise has left Salesforce, confirmed by a spokesperson who expressed appreciation for his contributions. Wise initially joined Heroku as General Manager from Amazon Web Services, where he was head of Kubernetes and the open-source program office.

The Onion's parent company has purchased Alex Jones' Infowars, which was auctioned to help pay the $1.5 billion Jones owes to Sandy Hook families for his false claims about the tragedy.

The South African government has ceased aid to illegal miners trapped in an abandoned mine as part of a crackdown on unlawful mining activities. Police halted food and water supplies, aiming to force miners, who can remain up to 4 kilometers underground for months, to come to the surface.

Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has caused significant turmoil in the stock market, with major pharmaceutical stocks dropping—Moderna by seven percent, Pfizer by three percent, and Novavax by five percent.

ShrinkLocker, discovered in May 2024, is a ransomware that uses older techniques like VBScript and built-in Windows features, making it simpler yet effective. Unlike modern ransomware that relies on complex encryption, ShrinkLocker modifies BitLocker configurations to encrypt drives, first checking if BitLocker is enabled and installing it if necessary.

Microsoft’s November 2024 Patch Tuesday update addresses 91 security vulnerabilities, including four zero-day flaws, with two actively exploited in the wild.

Ben Zhao, a computer security researcher at the University of Chicago, became involved in the fight between artists and generative AI when he was approached to help protect images from AI usage.