Bryan Cohen reports: The Russian man charged with stealing credit card numbers from the now shuttered Broadway Grill is now accused of stealing up to 2 million credit card numbers far beyond Seattle and leading a large international hacking syndicate, according to the U.S. Attorney’s office. On Tuesday a federal grand jury in Seattle returned a “second superseding” indictment…
Month: October 2014
In support of Hong Kong protesters, Anonymous releases data from Chinese government sites
Chris Luo reports: The Anonymous group of computer hackers yesterday followed up on its threat made on Friday to release data from mainland government websites. It released hundreds of phone numbers and email addresses of the Ningbo Free Trade Zone in Zhejiang province and a job-search site run by the Changxing county administration, also in…
Experian: credit data ‘very secure’
Presumably with a straight face, Marni Usheroff reports on an interview with Craig Boundy, Experian North America CEO: Q. Does Experian actually hold onto your data? Does it have a storage facility where it is held? A. All the information that we store is held on computer servers in very secure – both physically and information security…
Dartmouth App Tracks Stress, Mental Health In Students
Charlotte Albright reports: Computer scientists at Dartmouth College have developed an app for a student’s smartphone designed to monitor mental health. The so-called StudentLife app can track how much a student sleeps, whether he or she is having conversations, and getting exercise. It also asks students about their state of mind and what they’ve been eating. The…
Russian gangs in $1bn City cyber raid plot
Nick Kochan reports: Criminal gangs are plotting a $1 billion (£618 million) cyber-heist on global financial institutions, Europol has warned, as they ratchet up the pressure on banks reeling from the record-breaking hit on JPMorgan Chase. Secret listening on internet chatrooms by the European police investigative body has discovered planning by sophisticated Russian cyber-criminals aimed…
No indication of Russia’s involvement in JPM hack: Source
Eamon Javers reported this the other day, but I’m just catching up with it: There is no indication that Vladimir Putin, the Russian government or any foreign nation state was involved in the JPMorgan cyberattack this summer, a source familiar with the incident tells CNBC. There have been media reports speculating that the Russians may…