Janene Van Jaarsveldt reports: A 22 year old freelance 112 photo journalist from Drunen has been found guilty of computer intrusion after he found login details of a secure system online, used it to log in to the system and then spread the information. The court in Oost-Brabant sentenced him to 80 hours of community…
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Update: Former Dothan police officer faces more ID theft charges
Matt Elofson reports: A former Dothan police officer faces more identity theft charges after his recent arrest by Dothan police investigators. Dothan Police Investigator Erik Broten confirmed police officers arrested Charles Thomas Simmer, 28, of Coffee Springs, over the weekend and charged him with two felony counts of identity theft. Dothan police investigators arrested Simmer…
Hacked in the U.S.A.: China’s Not-So-Hidden Infiltration Op
Chris Strohm, Michael Riley, and Jordan Robertson report: The vast cyber-attack in Washington began with, of all things, travel reservations. More than two years ago, troves of personal data were stolen from U.S. travel companies. Hackers subsequently made off with health records at big insurance companies and infiltrated federal computers where they stole personnel records…
Anonymous Fights Animal Cruelty by Exposing Email Orders to Kill Bear Cubs
Farzan Hussain writes: This weekend, Bryce Casavant who is a Canadian conservation officer was suspended from duty when he denied the orders to kill two black bear cubs after their mother was killed for repetitively raiding a freezer located at Port Hardy which was filled with salmon and meat. Now a series of emails has been released…
In: ISRO arm Antrix’s website hacked?
FPJ reports: In a major security breach, Indian space agency ISRO’s commercial arm Antrix’s website has been defaced, possibly by the Chinese. Antrix markets the satellite launch services and other space data for global customers. Incidentally, on Friday ISRO had launched five British satellites. Antrix’s website was hacked a couple of days back and the…
Computer hack reveals identity of Syrians in contact with Israel
Elhanan Miller reports: Computer hackers likely working for the Syrian regime and Hezbollah have managed to penetrate the computers of Israeli and American activists working with the Syrian opposition, exposing sensitive contacts between the sides. Al-Akhbar, a newspaper serving as Hezbollah’s mouthpiece in Lebanon, published a series of articles over the weekend purporting to divulge…