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Video of the moment ‘Courvoisier’ was captured on train

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Dissent

Richard Spillett reports: This is the moment computer hacker dubbed ‘Courvoisier’ was arrested for carrying out cyber attacks on some of Britain’s top companies before selling customers’ data on the dark web. Police seized £500,000 in Bitcoin from Grant West after discovering he had obtained the personal data of millions of people and the credit…

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Korean Overwatch Hackers Arrested, Hit With $10,000 Fine

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Dissent

Nathan Grayson reports: South Korea’s new law that takes aim at those who hack online games in order to cheat at them, which went into effect last June, has hackers in hot water. Earlier this year, 13 Overwatch offenders were arrested, and now two have received their sentences. According to a post from Blizzard Korea—which…

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APT28 Hackers Caught Hijacking Legitimate LoJack Software

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Security researchers have found tainted versions of the legitimate LoJack software that appeared to have been sneakily modified to allow hackers inside companies that use it. Researchers say domains found inside the tainted LoJack instances have been previously tied to other hacking operations carried out by APT28, a codename used to describe…

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Hackers target Georgia Southern, Augusta restaurants

Posted on May 1, 2018 by Dissent

So if you want to prove a hacking bill is a bad idea, engaging in black hat/grey hat activities may not be the best way to persuade people. Tom Corwin reports: A hacking group upset with Georgia legislation that could criminalize what they do targeted Georgia Southern University and two Augusta restaurants in an ongoing…

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The Digital Vigilantes Who Hack Back

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Dissent

Nicholas Schmidle reports: One day in the summer of 2003, Shawn Carpenter, a security analyst in New Mexico, went to Florida on a secret mission. Carpenter, then thirty-five, worked at Sandia National Laboratories, in Albuquerque, on a cybersecurity team. At the time, Sandia was managed by the defense contractor Lockheed Martin. When hundreds of computers…

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Thai police seize Lazarus Group server

Posted on April 30, 2018 by Dissent

Anthony Cuthbertson reports: Police in Thailand have seized a computer server operated by a notorious hacker group from North Korea. The group affected has been blamed for the infamous Sony Pictures hack in 2014. Thailand’s Computer Emergency Response Team (ThaiCERT) announced that it took control of the equipment that the security firm McAfee had linked to Hidden…

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