Maury Glover reports: It’s been months since hackers stole the credit and debit card information of millions of Target customers, but the effects are far from over. In fact, thousands of Minnesota credit card numbers are currently for sale. […] In the wake of the breach, Target told customers not to cancel their credit cards…
Category: Hack
Toronto police computers hacked, U.S. Attorney claims; Not so much, Toronto police say
Peter Edwards reports: Toronto police are denying the allegations in a U.S. court document that says names and addresses of more than 500 confidential police informants were hacked by an online group led by a former U.S. navy nuclear systems administrator. The tiny American group, known as “Team Digi7al,” successfully attacked Toronto police computers between…
France’s Orange says telecom’s client data stolen – again
In February, I noted a breach involving 800,000 Orange customers that occurred in January. Now Reuters reports: French telecoms group Orange said around 1.3 million subscribers or potential subscribers fell victim to a theft of personal data, including telephone numbers, dates of birth and email addresses, last month. […] In mid-April, hackers accessed a software…
Wyndham faces more litigation over breaches – this time, from shareholders
The FTC’s lawsuit against Wyndham over three data breaches didn’t go unnoticed by Wyndham’s shareholders, one of whom, Dennis Palkon, recently filed a shareholder derivative lawsuit against Wyndham Worldwide Corporation and its executives in federal court in New Jersey. I’ve uploaded the lawsuit here (pdf, 8.4MB, 86 pp.). The redactions are in the court filing, and…
Former Navy nuclear aircraft systems administrator charged with hacking
Yesterday, the United States charged two men for their participation in a conspiracy to hack into the computer systems of over 30 public and private organizations, including the United States Navy and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The single-count Information alleges that Nicholas Paul Knight, 27, of Chantilly, Virginia, and Daniel Trenton Krueger, 20, of Salem, Illinois,…
In his words: How a whitehat hacked a university and became an FBI target
Sean Gallagher reports on the hack of U. Maryland that got a contractor’s former employee in hot water with the FBI: David Helkowski stood waiting outside a restaurant in Towson, Maryland, fresh from a visit to the unemployment office. Recently let go from his computer consulting job after engaging in some “freelance hacking” of a…