Erin Pearson reports: A Melbourne private schoolboy who repeatedly broke into Apple’s secure computer systems is facing criminal charges after the technology giant called in the FBI. The teen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, broke into Apple’s mainframe from his suburban home on multiple occasions over a year because he was such a…
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Miami Springs Senior High student hacked into teachers’ computers and changed dozens of grades
WSVN reports: A cybersecurity breach at a South Florida school. A student hacked into teachers’ computers — but was never criminally charged. 7’s Brian Entin investigates. A new school year is about to start at Miami Springs Senior High — but a hacking incident last school year has the district tightening security. […] 7News has…
UK: Butlin’s admits 34,000 guest records stolen in hack
Alexander J. Martin reports: Butlin’s has confirmed that the records of up to 34,000 guests have been accessed by hackers. The holiday camp chain says the stolen data does not include payment details – but customers’ names, holiday dates, postal and email addresses and telephone numbers are believed to have been accessed. A spokesperson confirmed…
Arrested at airport as he was leaving for Serbia: Hacker charged with hacking computer network of Bay area video-game company
SAN FRANCISCO – Martin Marsich made an initial appearance today on a criminal complaint charging him with crimes related to the illegal intrusion of the computer network of a Bay Area video-game company, announced United States Attorney Alex G. Tse and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John F. Bennett. The allegations against…
Fashion Nexus reports 650k affected by hack by “white hat hacker” or “ethical hacker”
Tim Clark reports: Details including the email and home addresses of around 650,000 fashion shoppers were stolen following a security breach at ecommerce platform provider Fashion Nexus. The data breach allowed hackers to access customer details from fashion brands including Elle Belle Attire, AX Paris and Traffic People. Online fashion retailers Perfect Handbags and DLSB…
NZ: Taranaki High School in digital lockdown after hacker demands US$5000 to release school work video
Catherine Groenestein reports: An anonymous computer hacker has demanded US$5000 from a provincial high school to return course work they are holding for ransom. Hāwera High School staff in South Taranaki switched on their computers on Monday to discover a message demanding payment for the return of encrypted data on a server containing students’ work…