Computer hackers have reportedly applied sophisticated password-detection software application to steal £229million from one of the largest banking groups from Japan. The reports unveiled that a security supervisor from the bank helped Belgian hackers to enter into the offices of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation in London back in 2004. […] The company accounts targeted by…
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Monster Says Hackers May Have Stolen Data in Several Countries
Simon Thiel reports: Monster Worldwide Inc., the operator of the most-used jobs Web site, said hackers may have stolen confidential details of users in more than one country after the Times reported the data of 4.5 million U.K. users was accessed. Monster hasn’t established which countries were affected, Michelle Brown, a company spokeswoman in London,…
2 students accused of hacking into Pflugerville ISD computers
Two students admit they hacked into Pflugerville ISD school computers and got access to sensitive information, according to an arrest affidavit. Police says Joshua Cook and Kelton Gilmore, both 18, got a hold of security passwords, alarm codes, personal staff information as well as tests. On Dec. 4, Nelson Coulter, principal of Hendrickson High school,…
UK: Hackers steal details of 4.5 million in attack on Monster jobs site
Alexi Mostrous reports: The personal details of millions of job seekers have been stolen in the largest data protection theft in Britain, The Times has learned. Hackers gained access to confidential information provided by 4.5 million people to Monster.co.uk, the online recruitment site. Names, passwords, telephone numbers, email addresses, birth dates, sex and ethnicity data…
AU: Spammers hack into Government jobs website
Asher Moses reports: The NSW Government website used to advertise public service jobs has been hacked into and the perpetrators have spammed the Government’s database of job seekers with phony vacancies in an effort to steal personal data and possibly to spread viruses. The Department of Commerce, which administers the jobs.nsw.gov.au site, refused to say…
TN: Hacker sentenced for tampering with medical records
A 39-year-old Dyersburg man who hacked into a private computer and tampered with another person’s health records will spend 28 months in prison. A federal jury convicted Bradley Reeves Forsythe, 53 Ducky Lane, on Sept. 5 of intentionally accessing a computer without authorization to cause damage. Forsythe was sentenced Jan. 9 in U.S. District Court…