Mark Reilly reports: Federal prosecutors say a cyberattack on a Monticello-based technology company was prompted by a former worker who hired outside hackers to bring down its websites. The Star Tribune reports on the charges against John Kelsey Gammell, a former Minnesota resident who allegedly hired a hacking-for-hire service in Israel to target Washburn Computer…
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Police Arrest Suspect in #LeakTheAnalyst Mandiant Hacking Incident
Well, I missed this one, but thankfully, Catalin Cimpanu didn’t. He reports: Law enforcement authorities have arrested an individual believed to be behind Operation #LeakTheAnalyst that took place over the summer. “For the past 90 days, we have worked closely with law enforcement, both domestically and internationally, to assist in the investigation and identification of…
AU: AMP among companies affected by data breach of 50,000 staff records
Namaan Zhou reports: The personal details of more than 4,000 government employees have been exposed in a massive data breach of 50,000 staff records from various companies across Australia. The leak, first reported by iTnews, is believed to be the second-largest data breach in Australian history, after the details of 550,000 blood donors were accidentally…
2nd Breach at Verticalscope Impacts Millions
Brian Krebs reports: For the second time in as many years, hackers have compromised Verticalscope.com, a Canadian company that manages hundreds of popular Web discussion forums totaling more than 45 million user accounts. Evidence of the breach was discovered just before someone began using that illicit access as a commercial for a new paid search service…
“We’ve maintained access to Line 204’s network for a year” – TheDarkOverlord
First it was Larson Studios. Then an attempt to extort its clients, like Netflix. And now it’s Line 204. Lest there be any doubt, TheDarkOverlord wants you to know it is serious about attacking Hollywood “with prejudice.” And despite what Line 204’s owner claimed, the hack on Line 204 was not last week. It occurred…
Hetzner South Africa hacked – Sensitive information exposed
Hetzner’s konsoleH platform has been hacked, exposing customer details, FTP passwords, domain names, and banking details. […] Hetzner said the hackers used an SQL injection vulnerability to gain access to its konsoleH Control Panel database. The vulnerability has since been fixed. “While your konsoleH admin password has not been compromised, we have proactively updated your…