CBC News reports: An Edmonton man is facing fraud and extortion charges after several businesses had their computer networks hacked and data stolen, resulting in losses of $1.5 million. An Edmonton business reported to police that its IT system was hacked in July, police said in a release Thursday. […] A 37-year-old man is charged with 18 criminal…
Month: February 2018
SamSam ransomware infects Colorado Department of Transportation
Luana Pascu reports: SamSam ransomware is back and the Colorado Department of Transportation is its most recent victim. More than 2,000 agency computers had to be shut down on Feb 21 to prevent the ransomware from spreading across the entire infrastructure. According to CBS local news, the critical systems used to manage road traffic and…
Bitcoin Exchange Admin Charged for Lying About Hack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: US authorities have arrested a Texas man who founded two Bitcoin-related platforms that got hacked. Officials charged the on accusations of lying to Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) officials in the subsequent investigation. The accused is Jon “Ukyo” Montroll, a resident of Saginaw, Texas, and founder of WeExchange a Bitcoin wallet and exchange…
‘Critical’ T-Mobile Bug Allowed Hackers To Hijack Users’ Accounts
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: Hackers could have hijacked and taken control of T-Mobile’s customer accounts thanks to a severe bug on the company’s website. The vulnerability was found and reported by a security researcher on December 19 of last year, but it hasn’t been revealed until now. Within a day, T-Mobile classified it as “critical,” patched…
Chase ‘Glitch’ Exposed Customer Accounts
Brian Krebs reports: Multiple Chase.com customers have reported logging in to their bank accounts, only to be presented with another customer’s bank account details. Chase has acknowledged the incident, saying it was caused by an internal “glitch” Wednesday evening that did not involve any kind of hacking attempt or cyber attack. Trish Wexler, director of…
New details emerge on Roomsurf hack
More details have emerged about a breach previously reported on this site on February 16. The breach involves RoomSurf, a commercial service to help college students find roommates. As I reported at the time, RoomSurf did not respond to inquiries this site had sent about a breach notice email its members received. And that’s where things…