TOI reports: Jaipur: In what is suspected to be the first case of ransomware infecting a system in the state, a city-based charted accountant was hit by hackers who encrypted files on his computers and demanded money in Bitcoins to decrypt the files. They also threatened to corrupt the data if he failed to pay…
Category: Business Sector
Computer hacker held four Edmonton companies ransom, police say
CBC News reports: An Edmonton man is facing fraud and extortion charges after several businesses had their computer networks hacked and data stolen, resulting in losses of $1.5 million. An Edmonton business reported to police that its IT system was hacked in July, police said in a release Thursday. […] A 37-year-old man is charged with 18 criminal…
Bitcoin Exchange Admin Charged for Lying About Hack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: US authorities have arrested a Texas man who founded two Bitcoin-related platforms that got hacked. Officials charged the on accusations of lying to Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) officials in the subsequent investigation. The accused is Jon “Ukyo” Montroll, a resident of Saginaw, Texas, and founder of WeExchange a Bitcoin wallet and exchange…
‘Critical’ T-Mobile Bug Allowed Hackers To Hijack Users’ Accounts
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: Hackers could have hijacked and taken control of T-Mobile’s customer accounts thanks to a severe bug on the company’s website. The vulnerability was found and reported by a security researcher on December 19 of last year, but it hasn’t been revealed until now. Within a day, T-Mobile classified it as “critical,” patched…
New details emerge on Roomsurf hack
More details have emerged about a breach previously reported on this site on February 16. The breach involves RoomSurf, a commercial service to help college students find roommates. As I reported at the time, RoomSurf did not respond to inquiries this site had sent about a breach notice email its members received. And that’s where things…
Hacker Strikes ‘Stalkerware’ Companies, Stealing Alleged Texts and GPS Locations of Customers
Joseph Cox reports: A hacker has broken into two consumer spyware companies—firms which sell malware to everyday people, sometimes with the explicit intent of illegally spying on spouses or lovers—and provided a large cache of data to Motherboard. The data includes gigabytes of customer records, apparent business information, and alleged intercepted messages of some people…