Lily Hay Newman reports: In January 2018 a group of hackers, now thought to be working for the North Korean state-sponsored group Lazarus, attempted to steal $110 million from the Mexican commercial bank Bancomext. That effort failed. But just a few months later, a smaller yet still elaborate series of attacks allowed hackers to siphon…
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Mt Gox Bitcoin exchange’s Karpeles avoids jail time in Japan
Yuri Kageyama reports: Mark Karpeles, who headed Mt. Gox, a Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange that went bankrupt after a massive hacking, was found guilty Friday of manipulating electronic data but cleared of embezzlement and breach of trust charges. The Tokyo District Court handed down a prison sentence of two years and six months, suspended for four…
Hack attack at major B.C. booze distributor leaves customers struggling with backlog
Simon Little and John Hua report: Bars, restaurants and private liquor stores around B.C. are dealing with a frustrating backlog in supplies, after hackers targeted one of the biggest links in B.C.’s booze supply chain. Ransom-seeking cybercriminals successfully breached systems at Container World, a warehousing and logistics company that supplies much of province’s specialty liquor…
MI: High school students hack system to change grades, attendance
Justine Lofton reports: Students of Orchard View Schools hacked the district’s student information system and made changes to grades and attendance, according to a statement. The breach in PowerSchool appears to be isolated to Orchard View High School, Superintendent Jim Nielsen said on Wednesday, March 13. […] Parents of the “very small” group of students…
Ad Network Sizmek Probes Account Breach
Brian Krebs reports: Online advertising firm Sizmek Inc. [NASDAQ: SZMK] says it is investigating a security incident in which a hacker was reselling access to a user account with the ability to modify ads and analytics for a number of big-name advertisers. In a recent posting to a Russian-language cybercrime forum, an individual who’s been known…
NZ retailer Kathmandu Holdings flags suspected data breach at websites
Reuters reports: March 13 (Reuters) – New Zealand-based outdoor clothing and equipment retailer Kathmandu Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday it was “urgently investigating” a suspected customer data breach at its online trading websites.v The company said an unidentified third party gained unauthorised access to its website platform between Jan. 8 and Feb. 12 and might…