Zack Whittaker reports: The website of the Saudi government’s upcoming Future Investment Initiative conference was hacked and defaced with images of the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Several reporters tweeted screenshots of the site after its defacement, purporting to show Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman — the kingdom’s de facto ruler — brandishing a sword….
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Trade.io Suffers a Rare Cold Wallet Hack as it Loses $7.8 Million U.S. Dollars
Nilesh Maurya reports: Unfortunately, hacks have been pretty common with cryptocurrency exchanges across the globe. But what Trade.io, a lesser-known Switzerland-based cryptocurrency platform, suffered was a rare attack as it affected the exchanges cold wallet. According to the post released on the exchanges Medium blog, the exchange’s security team was alerted to a suspicious transaction…
Report: Cryptocurrency hackers earned $20M with 51-percent attacks in 2018
David Canellis reports: Powerful attacks on blockchains are increasing. So far this year, hackers have effectively executed a minimum of five separate “51-percent attacks” on cryptocurrency projects, with profits amounting to almost $20 million. This represents a remarkable increase in success, after renowned cybersecurity firm Group-IB recorded no completed 51-percent attacks last year. Group-IB has just released…
Hack on 8 adult websites exposes oodles of intimate user data
Dan Goodin reports: A recent hack of eight poorly secured adult websites has exposed megabytes of personal data that could be damaging to the people who shared pictures and other highly intimate information on the online message boards. Included in the leaked file are (1) IP addresses that connected to the sites, (2) user passwords…
Hackers breach HealthCare.gov system, get data on 75,000
Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar reports: A government computer system that interacts with HealthCare.gov was hacked earlier this month, compromising the sensitive personal data of some 75,000 people, officials said Friday. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services made the announcement late in the afternoon ahead of a weekend, a time slot agencies often use to release unfavorable…
Ex-Virginia teacher charged in hack of celebrities, others
Denise Lavoie reports: A former Virginia high school teacher has agreed to plead guilty in a hacking scheme that allowed him to obtain nude photographs and other private information from more than 200 people, including celebrities. Christopher Brannan, 30, a former teacher at Lee-Davis High School, was charged in April with aggravated identity theft and…