Cryptome has uploaded Verizon’s forensic investigation of the Stratfor hack in 2011. Their investigation began in December 2011 and was concluded in February 2012. You can read the report here (66 pp., pdf).
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Sony Strikes $15M Deal To Settle Litigation Over Playstation Hack (updated)
It looks like Sony has reached a proposed settlement in the multidistrict litigation over the 2011 hack that affected millions of PlayStation customers. The article is behind a paywall, but I imagine we’ll see more on this soon. Update: Bloomberg BNA provides the proposed settlement and additional coverage.
Hackers claim to have compromised personal data of 600,000 Domino’s Pizza customers
Jan Willem Aldershoff reports: Hackers have reportedly stolen data of more than 600,000 Domino’s Pizza customers. A group of hackers demand € 30,000 before next Monday or they will make captured data public. The hacker group goes by the name Rex Mundi and claims to have hacked the websites of Domino’s Pizza in France and Belgium. They’ve…
Mounties charge Quebec teen for hacking Bell customer data, posting it online
It looks like a member of NullCrew has been arrested. The Canadian Press reports: The Mounties have charged a young offender in Quebec after the user names, passwords and credit-card information from some of Bell Canada’s small-business customers were posted online. The RCMP say they started investigating after one of Bell’s third-party IT suppliers was cyberhacked….
P.F. Chang’s confirms theft of customer card data
Steven Musil reports: Restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s China Bistro confirmed Thursday that customer data and debit card information was stolen in a data breach at its store locations. The Asian-themed restaurant chain, which announced earlier this week it was investigating a possible theft of customer data, offered few details of the intrusion but said in…
U.S. indicts Romanian for crimes of hacker ‘Guccifer’
More bad news for “Guccifer,” the hacker who was arrested in Romania in January and sentenced last week to four years in jail. Reuters reports that he’s now been indicted by a federal grand jury in the U.S.: Marcel Lazar Lehel, a former taxi driver, is already in a Romanian jail after being sentenced there…