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Hackers claim to have leaked Game of Thrones season finale details

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Dissent

The newest email from “Mr. Smith” began: Hi, This is 6th Wave of HBO Leak, contains final episode of “Game of Thrones” season 7 and contracts of GOT actors… Spread Well… Attached to the email was a link to a data dump plus files with what appeared to be a 127-page file dated April 26,…

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Sports Direct computer hacker escapes jail term

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Dissent

ITV reports: A computer hacker who gained access to the Sports Direct website, causing it to shut down for half an hour, has escaped a jail term. Jason Polyik from Shirebrook in Derbyshire also hacked the website of a second firm between July and September last year. In both cases, Polyik left his contact details…

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FBI charges Chinese national with distributing malware used in OPM hack

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Dissent

Stephanie Condon reports: The FBI has filed charges against a Chinese malware broker named Yu Pingan, alleging that he provided hackers with malware, including the Sakula trojan, to breach multiple computer networks belonging to companies in the US. The FBI alleges that Yu, also known as “GoldSun,” conspired with two unnamed hackers from around April…

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Canadian accused in Yahoo hack pleads not guilty in U.S. court

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Dissent

Reuters reports: In his first U.S. court appearance on Wednesday, Canadian Karim Baratov pleaded not guilty to charges that he helped Russian agents in a high-profile cyber attack on Yahoo email accounts, his lawyer said. Baratov, a 22-year old Canadian citizen born in Kazakhstan, was arrested in Canada in March at the request of U.S….

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AU: OAIC investigating Flight Centre customer data leak

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Dissent

Allie Coyne reports: Travel agency Flight Centre is under investigation by the country’s privacy regulator after accidentally releasing personal information of an undisclosed number of its customers to third-party suppliers. The firm confirmed last month that “human error” was behind the data breach. It has not said how many customers were affected, nor what personal…

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HBO hackers obtained all of HBO’s social media logins and GIPHY credentials

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Dissent

A new email arrived from “Mr. Smith” yesterday. It announced that the HBO “Giphy” platform had been hacked by the same group that hacked Game of Thrones. But it was more than just the GIPHY program access that was hacked. Attached to the email from Mr. Smith was a file with HBO’s passwords for all…

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