Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef

Senior cybersecurity journalist at @CyberNews

✦ Cyber, AI & the human side of technology ✦
Making sense of cyber threats in a digital world

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

Full story via @Cybernews

https://t.co/1Sw2ToKeza

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

Claude is back online after Friday’s outage — but @AnthropicAI is now investigating customer data leak claims after users alleged the chatbot returned responses meant for other users.

Anthropic told Cybernews it has seen no evidence of broader customer data leaking.

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

Verifone denied the breach claims on Thursday in a statement sent to Cybernews.

[Cybernews @Cybernews]

In less than a day, the Iran-linked hacktivist group Handala has claimed attacks on two multinational US companies. Read more:

#Iran #cybersecurity #US

https://t.co/efRksi0wEp

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

Wrote this after the execution of #erfansoltani was postponed. Unfortunately, now it seems Iran is backtracking and is vowing again to "rapidly sentence" protesters for punishment.

[Cybernews @Cybernews]

The moment Iranian protester Erfan Soltani’s name went viral, it became clear that global attention – amplified by political pressure – can still intervene in even the harshest authoritarian crackdowns.

#Iran

https://t.co/QxRDETxrtb

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

kinda a fun story - then again, I didn't lose any sleep 💤

[Cybernews @Cybernews]

Eight Sleep apologized after an AWS outage made its $3,000 pods malfunction—blaring alarms, freezing users, and forcing some to the floor.

#AWS #outage #malfunction #sleep https://t.co/iV9qWfHd9x

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

“Today, while Mark Zuckerberg and Meta executives unveil their new products in Menlo Park, we are here to remind everyone that Meta has failed our children, and they don't even care." - CEO, Heat Initiative #Meta #OnlineSafety #SuicidePreventionMonth

[Cybernews @Cybernews]

Meta whistleblower Dr. Jason Sattizahn, parents, and the Heat Initiative accused Mark Zuckerberg and Meta of failing to protect kids.

#Meta #Zuckerberg https://t.co/ecq1HUfmJA

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

The murders of Charlie Kirk and Iryna Zarutska became viral videos barely 24 hours after their deaths. How is this the new normal, and is Gen Z party to blame? #GenZ #socialmedia #viralviolence

https://t.co/DIIlRfOqG6

[Cybernews @Cybernews]

The newly rebranded "Scattered Spider, LAPSUS$, Shiny Hunters" hacker collective is allegedly behind the August 31st Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack.

#hack #Jaguar #cybersecurity #Salesforce #cyberattack https://t.co/5B5QCfyjDM

[Cybernews @Cybernews]

Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov attributed the IT failures to a hacker attack, calling the reports "troubling, but need to be clarified."

#Ukraine #hack #Russia #Aeroflot #cybersecurity https://t.co/JZexxv2TwV

[Cybernews @Cybernews]

The Clorox Company is suing IT tech consultant Cognizant for security failures leading to a 2023 breach.

#Clorox #databreach #cybersecurity #hack https://t.co/Gziy2FkAtV

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

Ready for a #postquantum world – and the dreaded changeover of pretty much every piece of encrypted technology in existence?

@CyberNews
#cybersecurity #quantum #encryption #Qday

https://t.co/9YslXbHHCc

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

Ransomware negotiator talks tales, threats, and New York's new ransom payment disclosure law @CyberNews @GuidePointSec

#NewYork #cybersecurity #ransomware #cyberattack #government #hack

[Cybernews @Cybernews]

New York passes legislation requiring local governments hit by hackers to now fess up if they've paid a ransom demand to their attackers.

#NewYork #cybersecurity #ransom #cyberattack #government #hack https://t.co/XQzAYL4q8E

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

Hacktivist group Dark Storm takes on X, knocking out Musk's platform for thousands of users to protest the DOGE-master and his "lack of humanity."
#takedowntwitter @CyberNews
https://t.co/NsbRtbsO1h

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

A lttle history never hurt anyone. here is my latest:

The first US President who took to texting may surprise you, and other White House tech tales https://t.co/1mv4PoCbBn

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

The Supreme Court has the last word over TikTok, for now at least. We'll see what happens come Monday when Trump is sworn into office.

Supreme Court upholds law to ban TikTok this Sunday
https://t.co/QOM38ezsI2

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

Think China won’t get a hold of your personal data? Think again, the US government told the Supreme Court on Friday in the latest TikTok showdown.

https://t.co/671u6GTI71

[Cybernews @Cybernews]

X CEO Linda Yaccarino at CES 2025 predicted Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok will drive the platform's exponential growth next year.

#CES2025 #ElonMusk #AI #GrokAI #CES

https://t.co/kKpKvjAfjc

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

my new #cybercrime #podcastshow about a group of bratty teenage 'mean girls' terrorizing their teachers on #TikTok
#TrueCrime

[Cybernews @Cybernews]

The malicious campaign, initially perceived as a joke, escalated as hundreds of students engaged.

#TikTok #cybersecurity #attack #socialmedia #punishment

https://t.co/bH7p8NRtg0

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

The US charges two Sudanese men with being the brains behind the hacktivist group known as Anonymous Sudan, leaving the once flourishing DDoS operation in shambles.
#hacktivist #anonymoussudan #cybersecuity @CyberNews

https://t.co/DJQ8ZQjsjL

[Stefanie Schappert | CyberStef @stefschappert]

Ever wonder what it was like to date using 'old school' tech? Beeper nostalgia at its best, from me to you.

[Cybernews @Cybernews]

What is it really like being ghosted in analog?

Read more: https://t.co/6HURHHTRvo
#pagers #technology #smartphone #socialmedia #retro