Michael Cox reports: Commission Kings, one of the largest affiliate networks catering to a global sports betting and iGaming audience, has come under a heavy cyber-attack. The attack began on Friday, October 16, and has been ongoing ever since. A quick visit to any of Commission Kings’ websites, including BetOnline, reveals that all brands have all been temporarily…
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Hackers attack Haldiram’s servers, demand Rs 7.5 lakh
Tanmayee Tyagi reports: Unidentified hackers attacked the servers of Noida-based Haldiram’s Snacks private limited with ransomware, stealing sensitive data and demanding a ransom of Rs 7.5 lakh to release the information. A case was registered at Noida Sector 58 police station on Wednesday. The incident occurred on the intervening night of July 12 and 13…
Cosmote reveals cyber attack exposed telephone data from thousands of customers
Greek City Times reports: The largest mobile network operator in Greece, Cosmote, revealed that thousands of customers’ information was accessed during a cyber attack that occurred between September 1-5. The breach took place through a third country, most likely from Lithuania. The concerned file “contained elements of information, without names/surnames, on the calls made or…
British Airways Fined $26 Million in U.K. Probe Over 2018 Data Attack
British Airways has been fined £20m (U.S. $26 million) by the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office for a 2018 breach that impacted more than 400,000 customers. That penalty is significantly less than what the ICO had indicated it intended to do. In a press statement accompanying the monetary penalty notice, the ICO stated: An ICO investigation…
Florida Resident Sentenced To 2 Years Probation after Previously Pleading Guilty To Accessing a Protected Computer without Authorization and Recklessly Causing Damage
NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that CARLOS DAVID IRIAS, age 47, a resident of Cutler Bay, Florida, was sentenced to two (2) years probation by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon after previously pleading guilty to a one-count bill of information charging him with intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization…
Twitter hackers trick employees by posing as IT workers, NY probe finds
Noah Manskar reports: A simple phone scam was the key first step in a Twitter hack that took over dozens of high-profile accounts this summer, New York regulators say. The hackers responsible for the July 15 attack called Twitter employees posing as company IT workers and tricked them into giving up their login credentials for the social network’s internal tools, the state’s Department of…