A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging Lithuanian national Vytautas Parfionovas with computer intrusion, securities fraud, money laundering, bank fraud and wire fraud, among other offenses. The charged crimes stem from a variety of criminal conduct between 2011 and 2018 in which Parfionovas gained access to U.S.-based computers, including email…
Category: Financial Sector
Phineas Fisher Offers $100,000 Bounty to Hack Banks and Oil Companies
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: An infamous vigilante hacker known for their hits on surveillance companies is launching a new kind of bug bounty to reward hacktivists who do public interest hacks and leaks. The hacker, known as Phineas Fisher, published a new manifesto on Friday, offering to pay hackers up to $100,000 in what they called the ‘Hacktivist…
Capital One replaces security chief after data breach
Zack Whittaker reports: Capital One has replaced its cybersecurity chief four months after the company disclosed a massive data breach involving the theft of sensitive data on more than 100 million customers. A spokesperson for Capital One confirmed the news in an email to TechCrunch. Read more on TechCrunch.
Alleged Capital One hacker released from federal custody
Campbell Kwan reports: The alleged Capital One hacker, Paige Thompson, was released from federal custody on Tuesday as she awaits her trial. Thompson, who is allegedly responsible for the theft of 106 million records from Capital One, had previously requested for a release from federal custody back in August, but was initially denied due to the judge at the time deciding…
Desjardins data breach much larger than first estimated, affecting ALL 4.2 million members
Frédéric Tomesco reports: All of Mouvement Desjardins’ individual members, 4.2 million people, have had their personal information compromised as a result of the actions of a single employee, who has since been fired, chief executive officer Guy Cormier said Friday. That’s about 56 per cent more than the total that Desjardins first disclosed June 20. With Sûreté du…
Details for 1.3 million Indian payment cards put up for sale on Joker’s Stash
This site has reported on a number of data leaks and breaches in India. And as regular readers know, I now have a criminal complaint and a civil suit against me and this site in India because 1to1Help.net didn’t like me exposing their embarrassing data leak. There’s also an injunction issued by an Indian court…