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Pakistan automotive giant PakWheels Hacked, 700k accounts stolen

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Dissent

The operative word is “outdated.” Uzair Amir reports: PakWheels, a famous automotive classified website in Pakistan has revealed that their server was breached by an unknown third party exposing personal data of registered users. In an email sent to users on 26th December, the site explained that hackers were able to conduct this breach by exploiting a known vulnerability…

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Hong Kong Airlines says sorry over passenger data leak

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Dissent

EJinsight reports: Hong Kong Airlines has issued a public apology after its Android mobile app reportedly leaked personal data of more than a hundred of its passengers, including their names, passport numbers and travel records. The airline immediately suspended access to the app and a feature where non-members can make enquiries, Ming Pao Daily reports….

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TheDarkOverlord reveals three more attacks, with more to be revealed

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Dissent

Maybe they gave up on the healthcare sector in their extortion attempts, but since the summer, it appears TheDarkOverlord has turned his/its attention to other sectors. There was the WestPark Capital hack and Gorilla Glue attack, and now, in the past month, three more companies – one of which has some defense contracts. Pre-Con Products…

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InterContinental investigating possible payment card breach

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the parent company for more than 5,000 hotels worldwide including Holiday Inn, says it is investigating claims of a possible credit card breach at some U.S. locations. Last week, KrebsOnSecurity began hearing from sources who work in fraud prevention at different financial institutions. Those sources said they were seeing…

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Oilpro.Com Founder Pleads Guilty to Hacking Competitor

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Dissent

There’s an update to a case noted on this site earlier this year.  From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of NY on December 19: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of…

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Chinese Nationals Charged With Hacking Firms to Steal M&A Info

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Dissent

Mark Hamblett reports: Three Chinese nationals face federal charges for allegedly hacking into two major U.S. law firms in a scheme to trade on information about imminent mergers and acquisitions. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York announced Tuesday that Iat Hong, Bo Zheng and Hung Chin have been charged with…

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