Huang Li-yun and Matthew Mazzetta report that the hacker known as “Crazyhunter” on Breach Forums has been identified and prosecutors are seeking an arrest warrant for him: The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) on Wednesday said it had identified the suspect behind the hacking and attempted extortion of MacKay Memorial Hospital as a 20-year-old Chinese man,…
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United States Unseals Charges Against Aubrey Cottle for Theft of Texas Republican Party Data
AUSTIN, Texas – The Department of Justice announced the unsealing of charges against Canadian national Aubrey Cottle, 37, of Oshawa, Ontario, in connection with the theft of data relating to the Texas Republican Party in 2021. Canadian authorities arrested Cottle on Wednesday and are pursuing charges under Canadian law. A criminal complaint filed in the…
Furry hackers who leaked Project 2025 firm’s data fear leader raided by feds
Mikael Thalen reports: Individuals with connections to SiegedSec, the now-defunct group of “gay furry hackers” who leaked data relating to the think tank behind Project 2025, believe their former leader may have been arrested in a raid by law enforcement. In remarks to X on Wednesday, @mewmrrpmeow, a former member of the group, stated that “vio,” who once…
Oracle customers confirm data stolen in alleged cloud breach is valid
Oracle continues to deny it had any breach, but customers and researchers are claiming otherwise. Lawrence Abrams reports: Despite Oracle denying a breach of its Oracle Cloud federated SSO login servers and the theft of account data for 6 million people, BleepingComputer has confirmed with multiple companies that associated data samples shared by the threat actor…
Over 3 million applicants’ data leaked on NYU’s website
Dharma Niles, Krish Dev and Yezen Saadah report: A hacker took over NYU’s website for at least two hours Saturday morning to expose over 3 million applicants’ names, test scores, majors and zip codes, as well as information related to family members and financial aid dating back to at least 1989. The university’s website was…
Ninth Circuit Reverses Probation Sentence for Paige Thompson
Conor Brian Fitzpatrick (aka “Pompompurin” of Breached.vc) isn’t the only person to have their sentence vacated and remanded for re-sentencing this year. Paige Thompson, who was responsible for the massive Capital One hack in 2019, will also be re-sentenced. Eugene Volokh writes: A short excerpt from the 9,000-word U.S. v. Thompson, decided yesterday by Ninth Circuit Judge…