“If history repeats itself, HBO may NEVER be the same Again. Winter Really is here” HB-Old is Dying……. — From an Email from the HBO Hackers This evening, the hackers who grabbed headlines last week by announcing their hack of HBO, released more files and more evidence of how thoroughly they may have ransacked some…
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Turkish hackers attack Armenian webpages again
Public Radio of Armenia reports: Turkish hackers continue to attack the Armenian virtual territory, Artsakhpress reports. Supporting Azerbaijani hackers, Turkish hackers have attacked seven Armenian websites, information security expert Samvel Martirosyan said. “Those are substantially touristic websites. The Official webpage of the Development Foundation of Armenia is among the cracked websites”, he said. The hackers…
UK government sets out tougher guidelines to protect smart cars from hackers
Kylie MacLellan reports: The British government issued new guidelines on Sunday requiring manufacturers of internet-connected vehicles to put in place tougher cyber protections to ensure they are better shielded against hackers. The government said it was concerned that smart vehicles, which allow drivers to do things such as access maps and travel information, could be…
UCLA server targeted in attack held data on 32,000 students
Jacob Preal reports: A cyberattack on a UCLA administration server potentially breached the personal information of about 32,000 students earlier this week, UCLA officials said. On Monday, UCLA reported an alleged May 18 cyberattack on a Summer Sessions and International Education Office server. The server contained the personal information of thousands of students, according to…
Abhinav Shrivastava, an IIT graduate who is currently working at Ola, has been arrested by the Bengaluru police for illegally accessing the Aadhaar database.
FirstPost reports: Abhinav Shrivastava, an IIT graduate who is currently working at Ola, has been arrested by the Bengaluru police for illegally accessing the Aadhaar database. A complaint filed by the UIDAI on 26 July alleges that Shrivastava accessed the database “without authorisation between 1 January and 26 July”, reports The Indian Express. Shrivastava and a…
“HBO is Falling” leak site disappears?
So after grabbing headlines with their announcement that they had hacked HBO, “Mr. Smith” and those behind the attack haven’t responded to follow-up inquiries from this site and the leak site they had created appears to be down. Claiming to have acquired 1.5 T of HBO data and property, the hackers claimed to have acquired…