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SF MUNI hacker lashes out, threatens to release 30GBs of compromised data

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Dissent

Steve Ragan reports: The person claiming responsibility for the attack on San Francisco’s MUNI says the SFMTA has lax security, and warns that if the ransom isn’t paid, they’ll release 30GB of compromised data. The demands follow a weekend of headaches for SFMTA, after MUNI was targeted shortly before the Thanksgiving holiday, resulting in systems…

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Deutsche Telekom warns cyber attack hit up to 900,000 customers

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Dissent

Guy Chazan reports: Deutsche Telekom is investigating whether a cyber attack was responsible for causing network problems for as many as 900,000 customers over the weekend. If confirmed, it would be the first major cyber attack on the German telecoms group, highlighting the vulnerability of big corporations to such security breaches. In a statement, Deutsche Telekom said it…

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Ransomware Result: Free Ticket to Ride in San Francisco

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Dissent

Mathew J. Schwartz reports: “You Hacked, ALL Data Encrypted.” That was part of a message that reportedly appeared on thousands of Windows systems used by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, better known as Muni, in recent days, after they were locked by ransomware and 100 bitcoins – currently worth $73,000 – demanded in exchange for a…

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Blackmailers target customers of hacked Liechtenstein bank: paper

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Dissent

John Miller and Farah Master report: Customers of a Chinese-owned Liechtenstein bank are being told by unknown blackmailers they must pay a portion of their savings or face having account details sent to finance authorities and the media, a German newspaper reported on Sunday. Those targeted have accounts at Valartis Bank Liechtenstein, located in the…

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Fancy Bears hack again with attack on senior anti-doping officials

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Dissent

Sean Ingle reports: The cyber-espionage group Fancy Bears, which made headlines worldwide when it published the private medical certificates of athletes including Bradley Wiggins, Serena Williams and Simone Biles, has struck again by hacking into the confidential emails of senior anti-doping officials. The emails – which have been taken in separate attacks on the World…

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Shad0wS3C Hacker Breaches Mexican Government Website

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Dissent

Bogdan Popa reports: Shad0wS3C leader Gh0s7 has managed to hack another website, this time belonging to Instituto de la Función Registral del Estado México (also known as IFREM). Gh0s7 told us that he discovered a vulnerability in their server that allowed him to get the main database file, which includes sensitive information such user data,…

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