M.H.n reports: Sixgill, an Israeli threat intelligence company, recently revealed that a Russian-language darknet forum has been selling access to the content management systems of a variety of news sites. According to the company, the illicit trade has been going on since October 2018. One bundle that the darknet website offered contained logins to 1,425…
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‘Inherently invasive’: FBI counter-hacking operations raise red flags over privacy
Jeff Mordock reports: To catch a hacker, sometimes you have to be a hacker. But when it’s the FBI doing the hacking, civil liberties groups get worried. The agency’s revelation this week that it joined a computer botnet attack piggybacking on the malware’s signal to track its activities has raised new questions about what is…
Fallout Over Hack by N. Koreans Hits Philippines Bank
Christine Stuart reports: Bangladesh’s central bank brought a federal complaint against one of the largest banks in the Philippines on Thursday to recover $80 million that it says was stolen from North Korean hackers. At the time it was stolen from Bangladesh Bank, says lawyer John Sullivan of Yehudah Gordon, the money was being held…
Hacker Who Stole $5 Million By SIM Swapping Gets 10 Years in Prison
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: A college student who stole more than $5 million in cryptocurrency by hijacking the phone numbers of around 40 victims pleaded guilty and accepted a plea deal of 10 years in prison, Motherboard has learned. Joel Ortiz accepted the plea deal last week, Erin West, the Deputy District Attorney in Santa Clara…
Hacker who reported flaw in Hungarian Telekom faces up to 8-years in prison
Mohit Kumar reports: Last year, Hungarian police arrested a 20-year-old ethical hacker accused of finding and exploiting serious vulnerabilities in Magyar Telekom, the largest Hungarian telecommunication company, who is now facing up to 8 years in prison. According to local Hungarian media, the defender first discovered a severe vulnerability in Magyar Telekom systems in April…
PA: Some Easton Hospital patients may get compensated for data breach
Anthony Salamone reports an update to a 2014 breach: An unspecified number of Easton Hospital patients whose data were stolen by hackers in 2014 might be eligible for some compensatation. How much? It depends. Lehigh Valley residents have begun receiving notices about a court settlement involving Easton Hospital’s former owner, Community Health Systems, over the…