A federal indictment unsealed today charges three North Korean computer programmers with participating in a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy to conduct a series of destructive cyberattacks, to steal and extort more than $1.3 billion of money and cryptocurrency from financial institutions and companies, to create and deploy multiple malicious cryptocurrency applications, and to develop and fraudulently…
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San Jose Man Pleads Guilty to Computer Hack that Shut Down Opening Day Concession Sales at San Jose Earthquakes Stadium
SAN JOSE – Salvatore A. La Rosa pleaded guilty today in federal court in San Jose to intentional damage to a protected computer, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Craig D. Fair. La Rosa, 41, of San Jose, admitted in his guilty plea to intentionally…
Hogeschool van Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam hit in cyberattack
Emerce reports (translation): Unknown third parties have gained access to the ICT environments of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam, the Security and Operations Center has found. Measures are taken to limit the consequences and to ensure that education and research can proceed as undisturbed as possible. The schools have disabled several systems as…
First it was Blackbaud, now it’s Sodinokibi — Southern Arkansas University becomes a breach victim again
Marco De Felice reports: After being VICTIM OF THE BLACKBAUD DATA BREACH in May of last year, Southern Arkansas University is now facing a new data theft by the Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware group. A few minutes ago, the Sodinokibi Ransomware group published a series of screenshots on its website regarding some data exfiltrated during the cyber attack against the…
Ca: Simon Fraser University warns cyberattack exposed personal information of about 200,000 students, staff and alumni
CBC reports: Simon Fraser University is warning its school community about a cyberattack that breached a server which stored information on student and employee ID numbers and other data, including admissions or academic standing. The school says about 200,000 people were affected by the breach. The university said its Information Technology Services staff discovered the…
Nigerian National Sentenced to Prison for $11 Million Global Fraud Scheme
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – A Nigerian national was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his involvement in a computer-based intrusion fraud scheme that caused approximately $11 million in known losses to his victims. “Through subterfuge and impersonation, Obinwanne Okeke engaged in a multi-year global business email and computer hacking scheme that caused a…