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Florida computer programmer arrested for hacking Linux Kernel Organization

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Dissent

SAN FRANCISCO – A South Florida-based computer programmer made an appearance in the Southern District of Florida today after being arrested Sunday on charges of hacking into computers operated by the Linux Kernel Organization and the Linux Foundation, announced United States Attorney Brian J. Stretch and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John…

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Romanian Hacker “Guccifer” Sentenced to 52 Months in Prison for Computer Hacking Crimes

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Dissent

Marcel Lehel Lazar, 44, of Arad, Romania, a hacker who used the online moniker “Guccifer,” was sentenced today to 52 months in prison for unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft. Lazar pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge James C. Cacheris of the Eastern District of Virginia on May 25, 2016. According…

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Last.fm data from 2012 added to LeakedSource

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Dissent

Here’s yet another hack from 2012 where the data are now first circulating online. See previous coverage of the Last.fm hack here. Today LeakedSource announced that they had added the Last.fm data to their repository: Music service Last.fm was hacked on March 22nd, 2012 for a total of 43,570,999 users. This data set was provided…

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Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants concludes investigation into breach

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Dissent

  Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants have provided an updated press release after completing the investigation they began in July. The relevant parts of their press release: Findings from the investigation show that malware was installed on servers that processed payment cards used at the restaurants and front desks of some of our hotels. The malware searched…

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AU: OAIC accepts undertaking from ARC on Optus customer data breach

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Dissent

Corinne Riechert reports a follow-up to a breach previously noted on this site: The Australian Privacy Commissioner has accepted an enforceable undertaking from ARC Mercantile following a breach of personal customer data at the end of last year, which occurred when an ARC employee posted a spreadsheet of customers owing money to Optus on Freelancer.com. Read more…

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KR: ‘Interpark hack was spearphishing scam’

Posted on August 31, 2016 by Dissent

There’s an update to the Interpark hack reported previously on this site. Won Ho-jung reports: A strategy known as spearsphishing was used in the hacking incident that leaked the personal information of over 10 million consumers registered with e-commerce site Interpark, according to the ICT Ministry and the Korea Communications Commission on Wednesday. According to the…

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