Traderman reports: On Saturday, Gatecoin CEO Aurélien Menant, released a statement that details the nature of the hack and how the exchange managed to lose 15% of client’s digital currency deposits. Gatecoin has always kept 95% of all customer funds in multi-signature cold wallets, however, the hacker managed to alter Gatecoin systems in such a way…
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Commercial Bank of Ceylon website hit by hack attack
Jason Murdock reports: The Sri Lanka-based Commercial Bank of Ceylon has released a statement admitting that a “hacking attack” on its website resulted in a successful intrusion – however, it maintained that no customer data has been compromised. The bank, which released a statement in the wake of major cyberattacks targeting the Bangladesh central bank…
Hacking Team hacker steals €10K in Bitcoin, sends it to Kurdish anticapitalists in Rojava
J. M. Porup reports: The hacker who claimed responsibility for both the Gamma Group and Hacking Team breaches has struck again, this time sending €10,000 (about £8,000) of allegedly stolen Bitcoin to Rojava, an autonomous region in northern Syria that they described as “one of the most inspiring revolutionary projects in the world today.” The hacker, who goes…
Victorian teen stokes international hacktivist fears after hacking CLP’s website
… but not to worry, it was just a skid. Alyssa Betts reports: A young Victorian man who hacked the Northern Territory’s Country Liberals website and stole the credit card details of 76 party members inadvertently stoked fears of attacks by international hacktivists and jihadists. Aaron Warren Camm pleaded guilty in the Bendigo Magistrates Court…
117 Million LinkedIn Emails And Passwords up for sale (Updated)
Lorenzo Franceschai-Bicchierai reports: A hacker is trying to sell the account information, including emails and passwords, of 117 million LinkedIn users. The hacker, who goes by the name “Peace,” told Motherboard that the data was stolen during the LinkedIn breach of 2012. At the time, only around 6.5 million encrypted passwords were posted online, and LinkedIn never…
NZ: Teen hacks up to $260,000
Police estimate a Gisborne teenager’s internet banking fraud could now have a tally as high as $260,000. Jake Kyle Hall, 19, yesterday pleaded guilty in Gisborne District Court to about 95 more fraud charges. He had already pleaded guilty last December to about 80 charges, with a total of his unlawful takings estimated at that time…