Hetzner’s konsoleH platform has been hacked, exposing customer details, FTP passwords, domain names, and banking details. […] Hetzner said the hackers used an SQL injection vulnerability to gain access to its konsoleH Control Panel database. The vulnerability has since been fixed. “While your konsoleH admin password has not been compromised, we have proactively updated your…
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UK: Alleged hacker ‘used army of 9,000 ‘zombie’ computers to attack websites such as Skype, Google and Pokemon’
Lara Keay reports: A man has been charged with using an army of 9,000 ‘zombie’ computers to attack websites such as Skype, Google and Pokemon. Alex Bessell, 21, is accused of using them to orchestrate Distributed Denial of Service (DdOS) attacks on several major online firms in a bid to crash their operations. The attacks…
Line 204 hacked by TheDarkOverlord
Line 204 in Hollywood has disclosed that they were hacked by TheDarkOverlord. The Los Angeles Business Journal reports: “All we know right now is that the group has stolen Line 204’s client database, and we’re working with the FBI now to uncover exactly what they may actually have in their possession,” a Line 204 spokeswoman…
T-Mobile Alerted ‘A Few Hundred Customers’ Targeted By Hackers
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: T-Mobile has alerted hundreds of customers who were targeted by cybercriminals trying to hijack their SIM cards. The company contacted the targeted customers over the last two weeks, after Motherboard revealed that a bug on a T-Mobile website allowed hackers to access customers’ personal data such as email address, account number, and…
NY: Catholic Charities’ server hacked, possibly as early as 2015
Paul Nelson reports: The personal information of about 4,600 past and present clients and several employees of Catholic Charities may have been exposed after a computer server in the Glens Falls office was hacked, according to Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Albany. It sounds like the hacked server contained some medical information on the…
Attorney: ‘White hat hacker’ tried to get Trump tax returns
Michael Kunzelman reports: A Louisiana private investigator accused of trying to illegally obtain Donald Trump’s tax returns says he is a benevolent “white hat hacker” who tried to test and report a security flaw in a government website. Jordan Hamlett tried to discover “out of sheer curiosity” whether Trump’s tax information could be accessed through…