Saheli Roy Choudhury reports: Microsoft said hackers targeted European think tanks and non-profit organizations which often have contact with government officials. The attacks were carried out late last year through phishing campaigns to steal employee credentials and deliver malware, the tech giant said in a blog post on Wednesday. The company said it detected attacks…
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Hacker puts up for sale third round of hacked databases on the Dark Web
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A hacker going by the name of Gnosticplayers has put up for sale another set of hacked databases on a Dark Web marketplace. This is the third round of hacked databases the hacker has published on the Dark Web marketplace known as Dream Market. He previously posted a batch of 16 databases…
TN: Ex-Rhodes College student pleads guilty to hacking into system, changing his grades
Linda A. Moore reports: A former Rhodes College student pleaded guilty Tuesday to hacking into the college’s computer system to change his grades and keep his scholarship. Michael Geddati, 20, was a freshman pre-med major when between December 2017 and May 2018, he accessed various systems without authorization to raise his grades. Geddati’s actions were detected after a faculty…
Update: Wendy’s settles financial firms’ lawsuit over data breach for $50 mln
Dena Aubin reports: Restaurant company Wendy’s has agreed to pay $50 million to resolve a 2016 lawsuit by financial institutions nationwide alleging that the company’s negligence allowed hackers to steal credit and debit card information in a 2015 data breach. Disclosed in a filing on Wednesday in Pittsburgh federal court, the settlement will be paid…
Major Crypto Brokerage Coinmama Reports 450,000 Users Affected by Data Breach
CoinTelegraph reports: Israel-based crypto brokerage Coinmama — which allows users to purchase Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) using a credit card — has suffered a major data breach affecting 450,000 of its users. The incident was disclosed in an official company announcement on Feb. 15. The breach is reportedly part of a mammoth, multi-platform hack…
Hampton Roads Community Health Center notifies patients after discovering server compromise
Geena Arevalo reports that Hampton Roads Community Health Center has disclosed that in December, it discovered that its server with (unencrypted) patient data had been compromised. The center did not disclose the number affected nor how the attack occurred (of course, they may not know that yet), but a notice posted on the center’s web site…