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Police arrest S. Korean teenager suspected of defacing 3,847 websites in one year

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Dissent

Yonhap News reports: Police said Tuesday they have arrested a South Korean high school student, who follows the international hacktivist group Anonymous, on charges of hacking some thousands of domestic and foreign websites since last year. The 16-year-old, whose identity was withheld, is suspected of defacing a total of 3,847 websites from 87 countries between…

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Dell Official Website Subdomains Hacked By Kurdish Hackers

Posted on June 11, 2016 by Dissent

TapScape reports: A Kurdish hacker codenamed “MuhmadEmad” from the hacktivist group “KurdLinux_Team” have managed to gain unauthorized access to Dell’s official website subdomains and leaving them defaced. At the time of publishing this news article, the website remained hacked. Read more on TapScape.

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AU: Teenage Adelaide computer hacker, already facing 10 years’ jail, now a suspect in other crimes, court told

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Dissent

Sean Fewster reports: An Adelaide teenager already facing a maximum 10-year jail term for hacking three secure websites is now a suspect in other acts of cybercrime, a court has heard. The case against the boy, 15, of Woodcroft, was expected to resolve by way of plea bargain in the Christies Beach Youth Court on…

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uTorrent forums hacked, change your passwords

Posted on June 8, 2016 by Dissent

Ernesto writes: The uTorrent community forums have been hacked, exposing the private details of hundreds of thousands of users. The hackers were able to get their hands on the user database, and a warning issued by the software maker says that passwords should be considered compromised. With well over 150 million active users a month…

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Spanish police organization hacked; agents’ info allegedly dumped

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Dissent

HackKnowledge.in reports that a hacker who uses the Twitter handle @FkPoliceAnonOps claims to have hacked the Mutual Social Security Police (mupol.es) and dumped information on 5,400 agents. The leaked data contains full names, email addresses, national ID numbers, and hashed passwords. Although law enforcement is investigating, it does appear that there is any official confirmation as to the accuracy…

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Woman charged with altering and stealing computer files from Cree

Posted on June 6, 2016 by Dissent

WRAL reports: A Cary woman has been charged with illegally accessing and altering computer files at Durham-based LED manufacturer Cree Inc., according to an arrest warrant. Huili Cui, 50, of 521 Denhoff Drive, is charged with felony accessing computers and larceny by employee. She was initially held in the Durham County jail under a $1…

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