Victoria Wheldon reports: A Scots computer hacker who used the ‘dark web’ to sell drugs has been ordered to pay £17,000 in compensation and carry out 200 hours of unpaid work. David Trail set up and administered the Topix2 website, an online black market site which he used to buy and sell drugs including Diazepam…
Category: Business Sector
TalkTalk being sued by hacked customer
TalkTalk hack’s last year received a lot of coverage on this blog already, but here’s an update. Stephen Hayward reports that a customer who lost £257 to a scammer is suing for compensation. Michael Robinson, 32, has filed suit against the firm, claiming that in addition to becoming a victim of a scam as a result of the breach, crooks also got hold…
Is LookBook aware?
Well, I wanted to send an inquiry to LookBook to ask them if they were aware of being hacked or a report that their user database was up for sale, but there was no contact method on their web site, and the domain lookup didn’t help, either. So I resorted to tweeting to them, and hope…
Verticalscope sounds serious about password security
I’ve previously posted info on the Verticalscope breach affecting 45 million. But I never posted their breach announcement. As I was just reviewing it, I noticed their response to the breach with respect to new password requirements. I thought it was a bit different, and should be mentioned here. From the What We Are Doing…
NASCAR team’s data locked up by ransomware; Circle Sport-Leavine Family Racing paid the ransom
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,…
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…