During the Celtic year of Windows 21H2, cyber vampires mainly sucked up personal data, cryptocurrencies and European infrastructure. This time, it was enough to write a string in the log to take control of the server, elsewhere it helped to tire employees with login prompts. If your computer is still working, it doesn't mean that it doesn't listen to you.
On November 3, the attacker persuaded a support worker of the Robinhood investment platform by phone to open the way to his internal systems. He took away the data of approximately seven million customers, mostly email addresses and names. In a smaller part, also dates of birth and other personal information. Blackmail followed. According to the company, there was no evidence of leakage of bank account numbers or direct financial losses of customers, but enough material for targeted phishing was created.