Lauren Day reports: An Australian teenage hacker has raised serious questions about border security after he fled the country, despite having been ordered to surrender his passport. Dylan Wheeler, from Perth, was 17 when he was charged with being part of a group that hacked the computers of Microsoft and the US Army. The hackers…
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Turkish Attackers Shut Down Russian Central Bank Website
Waqas writes: Turkish hackers just took down the official website of Russian Central Bank amid tension near Syrian-Turkey border. A group of Turkish hacktivist going with the handle of Turk Hack Team has conducted a powerful DDoS attack on the official website of Russian Central Bank earlier today forcing it to go offline for over 10 minutes. While talking…
Armenian Group Hacks Azerbaijan Central Bank, Leaks A Trove of Data
Agan Uzunovic reports: The cyber war between Armenians and Azerbaijani hackers is never ending — Like in this recent cyber attack in which the Armenian hackers leaked trove of data containing banking details of Azerbaijani citizens. In July 2, 2015, Armenian hackers from Monte Melkonian Cyber Army hacked into the official website of Azerbaijani customs, stealing highly confidential personal information of 5650 Azerbaijani…
Breach at IT Automation Firm LANDESK
Brian Krebs reports that LANDESK may have been hacked as early as June, 2014, and the impact may extend beyond employee data being stolen: LANDESK, a company that sells software to help organizations securely and remotely manage their fleets of desktop computers, servers and mobile devices, alerted employees last week that a data breach may…
UK: ‘Get out more, play rugby’ Judge advises teen who DDoSed online gambling site
Bradley Jolly reports: Judge Michael Stokes QC encouraged Max Whitehouse, 19, to take up the sport after a court heard he was living a “virtual life”. He said the teen was one of many youths who spent far too much time in front of a computer screen and added: “Well, you need to get out…
AU: Law student charged with hacking UQ to get better marks
AAP reports: A law student has been charged with hacking the University of Queensland‘s computer system to cheat his way to better marks. The student allegedly used a staff ID card to break into a staff area and logged on to the private system to upgrade the marks on his papers ahead of graduation, according…