Joseph Cox reports: A hacker bribed a Roblox worker to gain access to the back end customer support panel of the massively popular online video game, giving them the ability to lookup personal information on over 100 million active monthly users and grant virtual in-game currency. With this access, the hacker could see users’ email address, as well as…
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Taiwan’s Formosa Petrochemical gas stations hit by malware attack
Matthew Strong reports: A day after top oil refiner CPC Corp., Taiwan became the target of a malware attack, its privately held competitor, Formosa Petrochemical Corp., suffered a similar ordeal, reports said Tuesday (May 5). The company said it had shut down its computer system, but its refining and petrochemical activities had not been affected, CNA reported….
Tarkett floored by cyber attack
Graham Cluley reports: French flooring company Tarkett has revealed that it was hit by a cyber attack on April 29th, and that its operations continue to be disrupted as a result Read more on GrahamCluley.
GoDaddy notifies users of breached hosting accounts
Sergiu Gatlan reports: GoDaddy notified some of its customers that an unauthorized party used their web hosting account credentials to connect to their hosting account via SSH. The security incident took place on October 19, 2019, after the company’s security team discovered suspicious activity on a subset of GoDaddy’s servers. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Computer hackers take £2.4m from sale of Constable painting
Annabel Sampson reports: A rustic scene of Hampstead Heath painted by John Constable, one of the great English Romanticists, titled A View of Hampstead Heath: Child’s Hill, Harrow in the Distance is at the centre of a dispute between a dealer and gallery as a result of a computer hacker who tricked its buyer into sending £2.4…
Tesla has been getting rid of computers without wiping them – compromising customer accounts
Fred Lambert reports that discarded Tesla onboard computers that have not been wiped are showing up for sale on eBay. “Hacker Green,” who purchased some of them, alerted Tesla, but has not been particularly impressed with Tesla’s response. The automaker told him that they were launching an investigation into the issue, but the investigation didn’t…