Nick Bromberg reports that Circle Sport Leavine Family Racing fell victim to a ransomware attack this Spring after their files got locked up on Dropbox. “First you don’t want to believe it, but every file I tried to open had the same thing,” Dave Winston, the team’s crew chief told Fox Sports. “You know in this sport,…
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MM: Eleven Media Group hacked; Union of Hacktivists charged
An opinion piece by Nay Htun Naing published on Eleven Media Group’s Daily Eleven web site on June 16 reportedly ticked off some hackers who call themselves “The Hackers Union” (aka “Union of Hacktivists”). So much so, it seems, that they attacked EMG’s site the next day. According to EMG: The Hackers’ Union Facebook page posted that it was…
Swing and a miss? Topps apps database leaked fans’ info
When security researcher Chris Vickery was unable to get sports trading card giant Topps to respond to his notification that a database was exposing mobile apps fans’ information, DataBreaches.net stepped up to the plate. The exposed database was not the first time MacKeeper security researcher Chris Vickery had seen Topps mobile app fan data leaking….
In: Air India admin staffers’ IDs also hacked
Oh, now this sounds even more serious than the original headlines about flyers’ miles being stolen. The Times of India reports: The crooks who targeted Air India had not just hacked into the frequent flyers’ club but were in control of as many as 24 user IDs of Air India’s programme administration group that was…
Payroll company employee stole customer funds, feds claim
Robert Patrick reports: An employee of a payroll processing company changed clients’ account information to re-direct their pay, an indictment filed Wednesday says. Courtland Iverson and Romel Handson were each indicted on a felony charge of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Read more on: St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The payroll processing firm is not named in…
UK: Romanian hackers infiltrate Gloucestershire business Versarien
Ellis Lane reports: Hackers have infiltrated Gloucestershire-based Versarien, sending spam emails out to the business’s entire contacts book in the process. The hack came from three different locations, the most prevalent came from Romania, with other hacks from Melbourne in Australia and Camberley in Surrey. Read more on Gloucestershire Live.