The following press release was issued September 28 by VOXX. If you or a family member were employed by them years ago, they may not have your current address to notify you of this incident: Today, VOXX International Corporation (“VOXX”), a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive, consumer and biometrics technologies, announced that it has…
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Yevgeniy Nikulin sentenced to 88 months for hacks of LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring
More than two years after he was extradited from the Czech Republic where he was arrested in 2016 for hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox, and Formspring, Russian national Yevgeniy Nikulin was sentenced today to 88 months by Judge William Alsup in federal court in northern California. Nikulin, also known as “Chinabig01,” “dex.007, ” “valeriy.krutov3, and “itBlackHat,” had…
Arthur J. Gallagher targeted in ransomware attack
Matt Sheehan reports: International insurance brokerage firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co has confirmed that it was the target of a ransomware attack on September 26th. The firm said the incident impacted a “limited portion” of its internal systems, and does not expect it to have a material impact on its operations or financial condition….
Two major flight tracking services hit by crippling cyberattacks
Waqas reports: Two of the most popular flight tracking websites, Flightradar24 and PlaneFinder had their service disrupted after consecutively suffering multiple cyberattacks. It seems like a well-organized hacking campaign targeting real-time flight tracking service providers. Flightradar24 was attacked thrice in two days, whereas PlaneFinder was attacked multiple times. Read more on HackRead. h/t, @Ch1mung0
Swatch shuts down some technology systems after cyberattack
Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi reports: Swatch Group UHR.S shut down some of its technology systems after detecting a cyberattack over the weekend, the world’s biggest watchmaker said on Tuesday. “Swatch Group confirms that it has identified clear signs of a developing cyber-attack on some of its IT systems during the weekend,” the company said in an emailed…
Investor losses legal battle against Bithumb for 2017 data breach incident
Felipe Erazo reports a follow-up on one of Bithumb’s breaches. Previous coverage of their breaches can be found on DataBreaches.net, linked from here. This particular update concerns events in 2017, which led to a government investigation and then fines, apart from the civil suit involved in this report. There was also an indictment of Bithumb…