Sam Varghese reports: A public server belonging to Linux Australia, the umbrella group for Linux user groups in the country, were breached on March 22, and the personal information of members may have been stolen. Detailing the breach in a post to the main mailing list, the organisation’s president, Joshua Hesketh, wrote yesterday that the breach had…
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MI: Monroe High School student hacker disrupts school district Internet
Ray Kisonas reports: A Monroe High School student is facing possible felony criminal charges after the district’s computer system was hacked and its Internet service disrupted several times over the past two weeks. The alleged cyber-hacker, a senior, has been removed from school and faces disciplinary action in addition to legal troubles. Monroe Public Schools…
The Inside Story Of How Pakistan Took Down One of the FBI’s Most Wanted Cybercriminals
Eric Markowitz reports: Just before dawn on Feb. 14, in a quiet residential suburb of Karachi, Pakistan’s chief cybersecurity officer, Mir Mazhar Jabbar, stood silently outside the home of Noor Aziz Uddin — a man the FBI calls one of its “most wanted” cybercriminals. Jabbar knocked. Standing behind Jabbar was a team of local Karachi…
Western Montana Clinic notifies almost 7,000 patients of payment data hack
On March 18, the Western Montana Clinic announced that its website had been taken down after they discovered it had been hacked on or before March 14 by hackers who left a political message on the home page. At the time, the clinic said that patient data was safe, but they weren’t totally sure about payment data:…
CA: Former Chico State student accused of “bizarre and twisted” crimes
Almendra Carpizo reports: A former Chico State University student is accused of a series of “bizarre and twisted” crimes that include urinating on his roommates’ bedding, hacking a student’s school account to drop the person’s classes and stealing nude photographs from a female student. Daniel Deluna-Martinez, 27, of Hamilton City, pleaded not guilty Thursday in…
FBI: St. Louis County police union hacker had gun, made threats
Robert Patrick reports: A local man accused of launching an attack that disabled a St. Louis County police union website had a gun when arrested and made several threats about shooting law enforcement, an FBI agent said Thursday. FBI agents arrested Justin E. Payne, 32, Tuesday on a single misdemeanor charge of unauthorized damage to…