Yandex says a former employee is responsible for the leak of a 44.7GB source code repository on a hacking forum and that the company’s systems were not hacked (Bill Toulas/BleepingComputer)

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Yandex says a former employee is responsible for the leak of a 44.7GB source code repository on a hacking forum and that the company’s systems were not hacked  —  A Yandex source code repository allegedly stolen by a former employee of the Russian technology company has been leaked as a Torrent on a popular hacking forum.

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
The US DOJ seizes internet domains for Z-Library, a repository that went viral on TikTok for offering 11M+ books, including pirated textbooks, and 84M articles  —  Internet domains for the popular Z-Library online eBook repository were seized early this morning by the U.S. Department of Justice, preventing easy access to the service.

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:
2K, owned by Take Two Interactive and publisher of Bioshock, Xcom, and popular sports games, says its help desk was hacked and sent customers links to malware  —  American video game publisher 2K has confirmed that its help desk platform was hacked and used to target customers …

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer:
Symantec details an ongoing campaign by the Witchetty hacking group, potentially tied to a China-backed threat actor, that hides malware in a Windows logo image  —  Security researchers have discovered a malicious campaign by the ‘Witchetty’ hacking group, which uses steganography to hide a backdoor malware in a Windows logo.

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Some Uber employee records, corporate reports, and IT information is leaked online; Uber says it thinks the data is related to a breach of a third-party vendor  —  Uber has suffered a new data breach after a threat actor leaked employee email addresses, corporate reports …

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Security engineer says Uber hacker had access to its HackerOne bug bounty program; source: the hacker downloaded all vulnerability reports before losing access  —  Uber suffered a cyberattack Thursday afternoon with a hacker gaining access to vulnerability reports and sharing screenshots …