Joseph Cox reports: Hundreds of thousands of user account details for porn site xHamster are being traded on the digital underground. The database of nearly 380,000 users, provided to Motherboard by for-profit breach notification site LeakBase, includes usernames, email addresses, and what appears to be poorly-hashed passwords. Although xHamster is a free porn site, users can sign…
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Barrett Brown leaves prison still chained to a crime he didn’t commit
Dell Cameron reports: Dallas-based journalist Barrett Brown walked free from prison on Tuesday morning after spending more than four years behind bars. The 35-year-old cause célèbre, convicted in January 2015 after spending more than two years in pretrial confinement, faces a laundry list of post-release restrictions and obligations, including drug treatment, mental health evaluations, and computer monitoring. Read…
Prison sentence for former network admin who shutdown his former employer, an ISP
Howard Sheppard has the follow-up to a case where a disgruntled network admin took revenge on his former employer: Darius J. Prugar, 32, of Syracuse, New York, was sentenced today in federal court in Harrisburg by Sylvia H. Rambo to 24 months in prison for computer hacking and wire fraud. A jury convicted Prugar in…
Hong Kong government seeks legal advice on leak of confidential data on contentious housing project
Naomi Ng reports: Hong Kong’s Development Bureau is seeking legal advice on whether a government-commissioned consultancy illegally leaked official data to a private developer involved in a housing development at Wang Chau in Yuen Long. The planned private development is next to a site set aside for a controversial public housing project. The revelation comes…
Deutsche Telekom warns cyber attack hit up to 900,000 customers
Guy Chazan reports: Deutsche Telekom is investigating whether a cyber attack was responsible for causing network problems for as many as 900,000 customers over the weekend. If confirmed, it would be the first major cyber attack on the German telecoms group, highlighting the vulnerability of big corporations to such security breaches. In a statement, Deutsche Telekom said it…
Victoria Gardens Verizon Wireless store focus of ID theft ring investigation
Doug Saunders reports: A domestic violence investigation uncovered a large ID Theft ring working out of the Victoria Gardens Verizon Wireless store, sheriff’s officials announced Wednesday. Chino Hills deputies responded to a domestic violence incident Sept. 27 involving Daniel Henry Mitchell, 39, of Chino Hills. As deputies searched Mitchell’s car they found blank credit cards,…