PHILIPPINES and United States authorities arrested Wednesday four members of a Filipino hackers group whose operation is allegedly being financed by a Saudi Arabia-based terrorist group. Wednesday night’s operation stemmed from the complaint of AT&T, a US-based telecommunication company and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the activities of Filipino hackers who hacked the…
Category: Breach Incidents
Milton Keynes arrested for News of the world hacks
Finally an official arrest has happened in the UK over the claimed world of news hacks. From whats been an ongoing saga and a headache for the murdoch family and taken complete news outlets offline, resulted in suicide and hacks and data leaks by lulzsec it has finally got to the point where the law has arrested Milton Keynes, a 52yo man…
Save Mart warns customers to check accounts after skimmers found in 20 stores
Rick Hurd reports: Modesto-based Save Mart Supermarkets is warning customers at several of its Bay Area stores that their personal banking information may have been compromised. The company issued a news release Wednesday saying that upon routine maintenance, store employees found credit and debit card readers that had been tampered with in the self-checkout lanes…
Degrading cyber images to be illegal in SA
AAP The South Australian government wants to make it an offence to take degrading or humiliating pictures or video of people and then post them on the internet. Attorney-General John Rau said the government’s draft bill followed the growing use of the internet and social media as tools to humiliate and degrade victims. Mr Rau…
Job-seeking Hungarian pleads guilty to hacking
WASHINGTON — A Hungarian man pleaded guilty Wednesday to hacking into the computer systems of the Marriott hotel chain and threatening to reveal confidential information unless he was given a job. Attila Nemeth, 26, was arrested at Dulles airport in Virginia on January 17 after taking a flight to the United States from Hungary for…
$1B suit filed against Sutter Health over data breach
SACRAMENTO, CA – The theft of a computer during a break-in in October has spurred a $1B class action lawsuit against Sutter Health, according to a report published today by the Sacramento Bee. The computer contained data on more than 4 million patients. The suit was filed Nov. 21 in Sacramento Superior Court. In a…