John Leyden reports: Namesco customers are angry over the domain name and hosting firm’s handling of a security breach that exposed their credit card details. A number of punters’ card details were leaked after hackers broke into Namesco’s systems. The web biz notified these customers as well as advising a larger number of its clients…
Category: Breach Incidents
Hacker that stole over $50,000 from Indian Business Arrested and held
A hacker from India has been arrested after stealing thousands from a private company via its hacked bank account. The incident which happened Bihar had apparently allowed the hacker to withdraw over $50,000 USD or RS 29 lakh. Crime branch officials led by police inspector G S Gedam started investigating the case and tracked down the accused to Bihar. They immediately…
Tit for tat: Israeli and Saudi Arabian hackers dump credit card numbers
Okay, I don’t want to get caught up in this “tit for tat” credit card hacking and dumping that’s going on between individuals from Israel and Saudi Arabia, but given that Saudi banks initially firmly denied any hacks (which I had questioned as no one had said banks had been hacked), I thought this important…
Anonymous OpFreePalestine Datadump Part 3
content/images/gallery/opfreepalestine/opfreepalestine-americans-with-balls-part-3-of-pastebin-com_.png OpFreePalestine has been causing all sorts of worries and troubles for Israel so far but now comes part 3 of the said to be 10 part database leak that has been slowly rolling out. The leak which has been coming from @AnonymouSTL twitter account was just released as part 3 "AMERICANS WITH BALLS" and has the…
Hacktivism, Friday edition: Dutch sites
An anonymous individual who tweets as @Ingratefully on Twitter has acquired and dumped data from two Dutch sites on Pastebin. Presumably this is in response to ISPs being ordered to block access to Pirate Bay. Pirate Bay has been the target of legal action in a number of countries for the past few years, with…
CA: Viruses stole City College of San Francisco data for over a decade before being detected
Nanette Asimov reports: Personal banking information and other data from perhaps tens of thousands of students, faculty and administrators at City College of San Francisco have been stolen in what is being called “an infestation” of computer viruses with origins in criminal networks in Russia, China and other countries, The Chronicle has learned. At work…