Emily Pennink reports: A teenager rejected from a college computer course became a “ruthless” online criminal who took part in the huge TalkTalk hack and blackmailed the company’s former chief executive. Disgruntled student Daniel Kelley, from Llanelli, turned to “black hat” hacking when he failed to get the necessary GCSE grades to get into a…
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Hackers Snatch and Try Unsuccessfully to Ransom Data from IT Service Provider; CityComp’s Big Clients Impacted
Joseph Cox reports: Hackers have broken into an internet infrastructure firm that provides services to dozens of the world’s largest and most valuable companies, including Oracle, Volkswagen, Airbus, and many more as part of an extortion attempt, Motherboard has learned. The attackers have also released data from all of those companies, according to a website…
Leak Reveals Iran’s Wildest Hacker Crew Stole 13,000 Passwords From 98 Organizations
Thomas Brewster reports: Earlier this month, a prolific hacking group said to be sponsored by Iran had its cyber arsenal leaked. A bundle of tools and target information belonging to the crew, dubbed OilRig, were thrown up on the web for all and sundry to see, marking the most significant leak of Iran’s cyber weaponry…
OH: Hackers hit $1.75 million from St. Ambrose Parish
Another victim of attackers who convinced the victim that a contractor’s bank account had been changed. This is the same type of fraud that a school district in Kentucky recently reported might have cost them $3.7 million. Now WKYC reports: BRUNSWICK, Ohio — Leaders at St. Ambrose Catholic Parish in Brunswick say hackers stole $1.75…
University of Alaska discovered a breach in February, 2018 that they are first revealing now?
The following is not quite the typical press release like we’ve been seeing on an almost daily basis. If this notice doesn’t include typos, then it appears that the University of Alaska first became aware that they had a problem in February of 2018. They started an investigation that they expanded in March, 2018 after…
Docker Hub hack exposed data of 190,000 users
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Docker Hub, the official repository for Docker container images, has announced a security breach on late Friday night. The breach came to light after the company started emailing customers about a security incident that took place a day earlier on April 25. “On Thursday, April 25th, 2019, we discovered unauthorized access to…