Sometimes it takes years before we find out more details about a particular attack. On Friday, AFP reported that the source of months-long DDoS attacks on U.S. banks in 2012-2013 were compromised Swedish military computers that were used to launch the attacks. An Iranian hacktivist group had claimed responsibility for the attacks. Speaking to AFP, military…
Month: April 2016
New defense in Russian’s hacking case requests another delay to go through piles of evidence
Rick Anderson has an update on the prosecution of accused Russian hacker Roman Seleznev, and you’ll want to read it. Oh, the defense needing more time to prepare is not particularly exciting, however expected, but it’s all the other details about the case in Anderson’s report that you’ll want to read. Here’s a snippet: Seleznev, who Russian…
Boston U. allegedly hacked and non-sensitive data dumped (Update1)
UPDATE April 11: I have received no further information from Boston U., or any response from the individual who had claimed to have hacked them, but I noticed that the paste was deleted from siph0n.in where I had seen it – and on the same day that I reported it here. A cached copy was still available…
Anonymous Hack Italian Job Portals, Leak Trove of Data
Waqas reports that Anonymous Italy – LulzSec ITA has hacked into the websites of Italian job portals and employment agencies leaking personal data of hundreds and thousands of employees and business owners for operation OpNessunDorma to protest against the new labour laws in the country. Hackread, who claims they verified that the data were a new leak, report: The data includes full names, emails,…
UK: Former New Addington police sergeant and ex-council officer charged with misusing police records
Tom Matthews reports: A former police sergeant and an ex-Croydon Council officer have been charged with breaching data protection laws after allegations they misused police computer systems to obtain private information. Paul Potter and Alan O’Brien were due to answer the charges at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, but though the case against them was adjourned…
Cyber Justice Team Makes A Statement With Massive Data Leak
I knew if I was patient, Lee J. would analyze the data from this data dump and organize it. Today, RBS reported: On April 6th, a twitter account using the name Cyber Justice Team posted a tweet suggesting a major hack of a Syrian governmental server had taken place and 10GB of data had been leaked as…