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Bitcoin Exchange BTC-E and BitcoinTalk Forum Breaches

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Dissent

Two Bitcoin related websites were hacked, namely Btc-E.com (a Bitcoin exchange acting similar to a foreign currency exchange) and Bitcointalk.org (the largest Bitcoin discussion forum in the world). BTC-E.com Btc-E.com had 568,355 users hacked in October of 2014. Btc-E.com data contains usernames, emails, passwords, ip addresses, register dates, languages and some internal data such as how…

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TalkTalk loses appeal against £1,000 data breach penalty

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Dissent

From the way-to-keep-that-bad-press-going dept.: ITPro reports: TalkTalk has lost an appeal against a £1,000 fine imposed as a result of the data breach it suffered last year. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined the telco for not reporting the breach within 24 hours after discovering it, but TalkTalk appealed, taking the case to an Information…

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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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