Angelo Vargas reports: The Hampton Public Library is making some big changes after someone hacked the website, redirecting people to an adult retail store website “It appears to be a retail store for adult products is what I will say,” said Robin McCormick, a spokesperson for the City of Hampton. Read more at 13News.
Category: Hack
Revolut confirms cyberattack exposed personal data of tens of thousands of users
Carly Page reports: Fintech startup Revolut has confirmed it was hit by a highly targeted cyberattack that allowed hackers to access the personal details of tens of thousands of customers. Revolut spokesperson Michael Bodansky told TechCrunch that an “unauthorized third party obtained access to the details of a small percentage (0.16%) of our customers for a…
Alleged GTA 6 Hacker Under Investigation By The FBI
Connor Trinske reports: The unprecedented leak of Grand Theft Auto 6 is now under investigation by the FBI, and it’s targeting the hacker who claimed responsibility. Over 90 videos of GTA 6 gameplay footage and screenshots made their way online last weekend, primarily via the GTAForums. The footage shown in those leaks lined up with previous reports surrounding Rockstar’s next game,…
Teen who ‘hacked homecoming votes’ to crown herself queen is suing police and her school
If you are charged criminally and don’t contest the charges and complete a program that results in the charges being dropped, can you then turn around later and sue law enforcement for false arrest or anything? I didn’t think you could. Paging lawyers to Aisle 4, please? Earlier this month, Joe Smith reported; A teenager…
Ask.FM user database with 350m user records has shown up for sale (UPDATED with Denial from Ask.FM)
“I think it’s probably one of the biggest breaches in a long time, can’t think of any bigger ones,” Pompompurin, the owner of Breached.to, wrote when asked about a new for-sale listing that appeared on his forum. A seller called “Data,” who Pompompurin says he will “vouch all day and night for” listed user data…
Gag order issued to stop release of information stolen by hackers
The Tirana Times reports: With publication on the web of documents stolen by Iran-linked hackers from Albanian State Police servers, the Prosecutor’s Office of Tirana has ordered media to stop publishing any stories sourced from data published by the authors of the cyberattack. Many Albanian media say the order amounts to censorship, a stance backed…