Brian Krebs reports: mSpy, the makers of a dubious software-as-a-service product that claims to help more than two million people spy on the mobile devices of their kids and partners, appears to have been massively hacked. Last week, a huge trove of data apparently stolen from the company’s servers was posted on the Deep Web,…
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Report: Chinese Breach of USIS Started with SAP
InfoSecurity reports: Last fall, it came to light that Chinese hackers had roamed around unnoticed for months inside the network of USIS, the biggest commercial provider of background investigations to the federal US government. In fact, two of the company’s biggest customers are the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)….
CA: Group behind Vergara case says website was hacked
Craig Clough reports: The non-profit group behind the Vergara lawsuit, Students Matter, said its website was hacked over the weekend to display “vulgar and disgusting language.” The website as of this afternoon displayed the message, “We are temporarily Under Construction.” Students Matter sent out information about the hack in its regular newsletter Monday. Read more on…
DOJ: Cyber extortionists targeting hedge funds
Kaja Whitehouse reports: The government is working with “several” hedge funds that have been victims of cyber extortionists, said John Carlin, head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. Carlin made the comments Friday at the SALT hedge fund conference in Las Vegas, where he came to warn the crowd, made up of hedge fund…
Follow-Up: How the University of Sydney Was Hacked
Back in February, we noted a hack involving the University of Sydney. A young hacker named “Abdilo” claimed responsibility for it and noted that he had exploited an Orsee vulnerability. Last week, Chris Howell of Honi Soit followed up on the breach: Closer to home, a reliance on security through obscurity seems to be partially responsible for…
Hack of RE/MAX Twin City Realty agent’s gmail account costs young home buyer $10K – and they refuse to make it right
Sean O’Shea reports that when a realtor’s gmail account was hacked, it cost a home purchaser $10,000 – $10,000 that the agent and her realty firm won’t compensate. The young home buyer, Kaitlyn DiMarco, says that after she purchased a home, she received an email – purportedly from her realtor – telling her that it would cost $10,000…