Adriana M. Chavez reports: A 20-year-old Mississippi man accused of hacking into the El Paso Independent School District’s computer system last year is scheduled to plead guilty later this month. Court records show Kaleb Harper Ketchens will plead guilty at 10 a.m. Sept. 19 before Senior U.S. District Judge David Briones. Read more on El Paso Times. As…
Category: Breach Incidents
Four Twin Cities men convicted in ID theft ring
Dan Browning reports: Jurors in St. Paul returned guilty verdicts Thursday against four participants in a wide-ranging identity fraud ring based in the Twin Cities that bilked about $2 million from banks and retailers across 14 states. The defendants were among 28 people charged in the conspiracy; their co-defendants have all pleaded guilty. Read more…
Hacker Steals 250,000USD From Bitcoin Exchange BitFloor
It has happened again one Americas most popular bitcoin exchange Bitfloor ( bitfloor.com ) has been compromised and close to 250k USD or 25k bitcoins has been stolen from the sites servers in an attack which is turning out to be very embarrassing for the owner. The attack came to light after the owner made a forum posting on the popular bitcoin discussion forums bitcointalk.org. In the announcement they…
National Library of Naples Hacked, Data Leaked by #Anonymous
Anonymous Italy hacktivist have submitted a leak of data to ozdc.net that comes from the National Library of Naples (bnnonline.it). The attack has occurred some time over the past 48hrs and resulted in minor data being leaked. The leaked data contains usernames, Passwords which are encrypted, real names, phone numbers and emails and a total of 247…
89 Jewish And Christian Sites Hacked By Sizzling Soul
A hacker using the handle Sizzling Soul who appears to be apart of the Pakistani cyber army has dumped a list of sites that have been attacked and left defaced on pastebin. In the dump comes a short message stating this attack was done on Jewish and Christian based websites. 100 Of Jewish And Christian Sites Hacked By Sizzling…
500+ Indian Sites Hacked by Voice Of Black Hat Hackers
Pakistani hackers Voice Of Black Hat Hackers have attacked over 500 further Indian sites in the on going cyber war between the two country’s. The most recent attacks have claimed to see over 500 sites hacked many of which at time of publishing had been restored. The attack comes after indishell members have been on a recent…