WIVB reports: An Indiana radio station was apparently hacked Sunday evening. If you were tuning in to WXXR 97.3 in Terre Haute, you might have heard a message from “Anonymous.” “Anonymous” is an activist group that hacks websites, to express their views and messages. Around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, the FM signal was intercepted and a…
Month: July 2015
UK public bodies leaked confidential information 150+ times
Jon Martindale writes: … public bodies including the NHS, government departments, police and local councils, have leaked data unsuspectingly over 150 times in the past six years. These statistics were dug up by WhatDoTheyKnow.com, an organisation which helps people make requests of local government and other bodies to find out what information they hold on individuals. Through…
FireEye intern accused in huge hacking bust
CNN reports that one of those busted today in the huge Darkode takedown and associated crimes was a FireEye intern. Among those charged with crimes was Morgan Culbertson, a 20-year-old from Pittsburgh. He’s accused of creating a nasty malware that infects Android phones, steals data and controls the device. Culbertson is currently a sophomore at Carnegie Mellon…
Accused Hacker Kingpin in Plea Talks With U.S. Over ATM Scam
Christie Smythe reports: A Turkish man accused by the U.S. of masterminding a scheme that siphoned tens of millions of dollars from automated teller machines around the globe is negotiating a plea deal, prosecutors said. Ercan Findikoglu, known as the “Predator,” has been held in a federal jail in New York since he was extradited…
PA: ‘Numerous’ Cases Of Identity Theft And Fraud Hits Phoenixville
Justin Heinze reports: There have been “numerous” cases of identity theft and credit card fraud in Phoenixville recently, and most of the victims have been patrons of Nudy’s Cafe, according to the Phoenixville Police Department. If you have visited any of the Nudy’s Cafe locations since March and paid with a credit card, police are…
LA: Customers at Houma buffet victims of $20,000 in credit card fraud
Maki Somosot reports: Multiple customers have lost up to $20,000 after using their credit and debit cards at Houma’s Dynasty Buffet between June 26 and July 3, the Terrebonne sheriff’s office said. Detectives are still counting up the total combined loss. Read more on WWL. So your business accepts credit cards, but you don’t run…