Woman lost 24 million, hack of the FBI chief and attack on AI tools
In Česku the police are investigating an extraordinary fraud in which a woman lost more than 24 million korun after a several-hour call with a fake police officer and an alleged employee of České národní banky.
## What happened
In Česku the police are investigating an extraordinary fraud in which a woman lost more than 24 million korun after a several-hour call with a fake police officer and an alleged employee of České národní banky.
European agencies also struck against the phishing platform Tycoon2FA. Despite seizing hundreds of domains, its activity returned to its original level within a few days.
A group linked to Íránem gained access to the FBI chief's personal email. According to the FBI, it was historical data with no connection to government information.
And one of the most significant incidents is a supply-chain attack that hit tools like Trivy or LiteLLM. The attackers thus once again showed that trusted software can be an entry point into infrastructure.
Finally, we also looked at two vulnerabilities that are currently being exploited in practice.
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We will show one of the key elements of their strategy – collaboration with journalists and the media, thanks to which they can maximize the impact of an attack.
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