It’s somewhat unbelievable how this keeps happening and Congress continues to sit on its hands when it comes to voter registration data. The Russians don’t need to hack anything. They just need to look for leaky servers or buckets. Joe UChill reports: A data analytics contractor employed by the Republican National Committee (RNC) left databases…
Month: June 2017
The Buckle, Inc. Notification of Security Incident at Some Retail Stores
6/16/17: We became aware that The Buckle, Inc. was a victim of a security incident in which a criminal entity accessed some guest credit card information follow purchases at some of our retail stores. We immediately launched a thorough investigation and engaged leading third party forensic experts to review our systems and secure the affected…
Alleged Canadian hacker may not fight U.S. extradition: lawyer
Alastair Sharp reports: The Canadian accused of helping Russian intelligence agents break into email accounts as part of a massive 2014 breach of Yahoo accounts may waive his right to fight a U.S. extradition request, his lawyer said on Friday. Karim Baratov’s lawyer Amedeo DiCarlo said he is in discussions with the Federal Bureau of…
JP: Bank of Saga client data allegedly stolen, handed to suspected criminals
Kyodo News reports: The personal information of 169 customers who each have over ¥100 million deposited in the Bank of Saga was likely stolen by a former employee and handed to a group of suspected criminals, bank officials said Monday. The former employee, Atsushi Yoshida, 42, is on trial over a separate theft but was…
Computer hacker jailed for attacking websites of airport and hospital
ITV reports: A homeless computer hacker calling himself His Royal Gingerness has been jailed for attacking the websites of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and Norwich International Airport. The actions of Daniel Devereux, 30, cost Norwich International Airport between £30,000 and £40,000, and caused the website of the hospital to be taken down for…
The Nigerian Spammers From the 90s Have Moved on to Keyloggers and RATs
Catalin Cimpanu reports: … We’ll be taking a look today at a group of researchers that during the past few months have been reporting malware-infected computers to relevant authorities in countries all over the globe. This team is formed by MalwareHunter, Daniel Gallagher, and a security researcher that goes online only by the name of Guido….