Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: Online hookup website “Adult FriendFinder” might have been hacked—again. On Tuesday evening, a hacker known as Revolver or 1×0123 claimed to have breached into the service, posting two screenshots that appeared to show he had access to some portion of the website’s infrastructure. Another notorious hacker known as Peace also claimed to have hacked…
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RedBus confirms hack, says no sign of user passwords being stolen yet
Alnoor Peermohamed reports: Online travel giant ibibo Group-owned ticketing platform RedBus on Tuesday confirmed that it had been subject to a cyber attack that might have exposed the email addresses of some of its customers. RedBus which was alerted of the hack on Monday via a post on Reddit says it has engaged security consultants…
Hackers stole credit card data from Republican website for 6 months: Report
Andrew Blake reports: A Republican Party website that sells bumper stickers and T-shirts advertising presidential candidate Donald Trump was compromised earlier this year by hackers who spent several months silently stealing credit card details and other personal information from purchasers, according to a Dutch security researcher. The digital storefront used by the National Republican Senatorial…
Yahoo Loses Search Engine Partner, First Since Data Breach Reveal
Laurie Sullivan reports: A little-known search engine that focuses on user privacy has canceled its partnership with Yahoo. StartPage made the announcement Monday. “We can no longer have confidence in them,” according to StartPage CEO Robert Beens. He predicts that while his company is the first to part ways with Yahoo, others will likely follow….
NullCrew hacker had FBI’s attention by the time he was 17
Jon Seidel reports: Nine years ago, Timothy French began his hacking career, the feds say. By 2011, he had the FBI’s attention. Today, he is 22 years old. Now federal prosecutors want to send the NullCrew hacker to prison for as many as seven years after he helped expose 12,000 Bell Canada customer usernames and…
Vendor’s employee stole W-4 forms for SIRF scheme
A case involving identity theft reported by the USAO for the Middle District of Alabama this week: A Phenix City, Alabama man was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for his role in a stolen identity refund fraud (SIRF) scheme. According to documents filed with the court, Kenneth Fearson, 31, worked at a warehouse that…