James Sander joins those taking GearBest out to the cyberwoodshed over a data leak: Over 1.5 million customer records from online electronics seller GearBest, as well as Zaful, Rosegal, and DressLily, were stored in an unprotected Elasticsearch server, according to a joint report from VPNMentor (archived here) and security researcher Noam Rotem. The brands involved…
Month: March 2019
Dutch hacker who DDoSed the BBC and Yahoo News gets no jail time
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A Dutch hacker who launched DDoS attacks against high-profile sites like the BBC and Yahoo News, and also attempted to extort many other companies, received no jail time for his actions. Speaking in a court in the Hague, the Netherlands earlier this month, a 20-year-old man showed remorse in court, admitted to…
Alert: Bancor Hackers move 25433 Ethereum
Layla Harding reports: The whole crypto community was in shock when Bancor was hacked on 10th July last year with more than $23 million worth of Ethereum being stolen. Almost eight months after the incident, the hackers have allegedly made transactions from the wallet where the stolen Ethereum were kept. Read more on Coinnounce.
Australian man arrested for selling one million passwords from popular streaming services
Alex Hernandez reports: A 21-year old Australian man has been arrested for allegedly selling Hulu, Spotify, and Netflix passwords online. The Australian man operated a website that generated passwords for popular streaming services including the aforementioned trio. It is being reported that the man made AU$300,000 (US$211,000) from his operation. The man was arrested after…
Student information: Mississippi reaches agreement with Questar over data breach
Bill Moak reports that Questar, a testing and assessment vendor, has settled charges by the Mississippi state attorney general in the wake of a 2018 breach that affected hundreds of students in Mississippi and other states. Moak reports: In its Assurance of Voluntary Cooperation, Questar agreed to a number of actions: Compliance with the Mississippi…
Database leaks 250K legal documents, some marked ‘not designated for publication’
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A database containing 257,287 legal documents, with some marked as “not designated for publication,” was left exposed on the public internet without a password, allowing anyone to access and download a treasure trove of sensitive legal materials. The database, which was left online for roughly two weeks, contained unpublished legal documents relating…