Add the University of Hawaii and Cornell University to the universities that have been hacked by @MarxistAttorney. The U. of Hawaii data dump, which DataBreaches.net is not linking to, does not contain student or employee personal information, but in addition to acquiring the root username/password, “Attorney” also got the mac addresses, service tags, usernames and more…
Category: U.S.
Morgan Stanley Fires Employee Accused of Stealing Client Data
Michael J. Moore reports: Morgan Stanley (MS) fired an employee it said stole data, including account numbers, for as many as 350,000 wealth-management clients and posted some of the information online. The bank alerted law enforcement and found no evidence that clients lost any money, New York-based Morgan Stanley said today in a statement. The firm…
Feds still unraveling extent of tax fraud in Miami Dade College student accounts
Jay Weaver reports: A tipster walked into the FBI’s South Florida office a few years ago to complain that young cyber criminals in the North Miami area were using something called a “key” in street lingo to steal people’s identities. That key, FBI agents would soon figure out, was really a combination of names, birth…
Felony charges for Georgia Tech student who hacked U. Georgia network
Joe Johnson reports: A Clarke County grand jury recently indicted a Georgia Tech student for allegedly hacking into the University of Georgia’s computer network to post a message prior to the annual rivalry football game between the Bulldogs and Yellow Jackets. Ryan Gregory Pickren, 21, was charged with felony computer trespass for making the posting…
Banks: Card Breach at Some Chick-fil-A’s
Brian Krebs reports: Sources at several U.S. financial institutions say they have traced a pattern of credit card fraud back to accounts that all were used at different Chick-fil-A fast food restaurants around the country. Chick-fil-A told KrebsOnSecurity that it has received similar reports and is working with IT security firms and law enforcement in an ongoing…
Target Hackers Hit OneStopParking.com
Brian Krebs reports: Parking services have taken a beating this year at the hands of hackers bent on stealing credit and debit card data. This week’s victim — onestopparking.com — comes compliments of the same organized crime gang thought to be responsible for stealing tens of millions of card numbers from shoppers at Target and Home Depot. Read more on…