Eric Hoover reports: On Thursday morning a high-school senior in Texas received a strange email. “You are now presented with a unique opportunity,” it said, “to purchase your entire admissions file.” The message appeared to have been sent by Grinnell College, to which the student had applied. But Grinnell hadn’t sent the message; apparently, someone…
Category: Hack
“Vigilance” admits government computer hacking in retaliation for Philando Castile
AP reports: A Twin Cities man has admitted to hacking into state government databases in 2017 in retaliation for the acquittal of a police officer in the fatal shooting of a black motorist, Philando Castile. Cameron Thomas Crowley, 20, of Lino Lakes, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court to one count of intentional access…
Hacker group behind SingHealth data breach identified, targeted mainly Singapore firms
Eileen Yu reports: Hackers that compromised the data of 1.5 million SingHealth patients has been identified as a group that launched attacks against several businesses based in Singapore, including multinational companies with operations in the city-state. Dubbed Whitefly, the group has attacked organisations in healthcare, media, telecommunications, and engineering, and is likely part of a…
Chinese Hackers Target Universities in Pursuit of Maritime Military Secrets
Dustin Volz reports: Chinese hackers have targeted more than two dozen universities in the U.S. and around the globe as part of an elaborate scheme to steal research about maritime technology being developed for military use, cybersecurity experts and current and former U.S. officials said. Read more on WSJ.
PA: Thomas County School District notifies employees of online banking system breach
From their notification: March 5, 2019 The Thomas County School District values its employees and wants you to be aware of an incident that may involve your bank account information. We recently became aware of a breach of our online banking system. After discovering the issue, we immediately engaged BlueVoyant, a leading IT investigation and…
Million-plus Israeli websites target of ransomware hack
Jewish News Syndicate reports: A massive hacking attempt to infest more than a million Israeli websites with ransomware that would lock administrators out until they agreed to pay was thwarted over Shabbat, though many pages were defaced with “Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine.” The hackers attacked the Hebrew website Nagich, which is dedicated to…