Another follow-up to previous coverage here: A former policeman in Hong Kong began a four-year jail sentence Tuesday for his part in a global scam in which 10 million US dollars was stolen using cloned credit cards. Cheung Hoi-wing, 40, was recruited as one of five Hong Kong “cashers” in the international plot masterminded by…
Category: Hack
Fraud Bazaar Carders.cc Hacked
Brian Krebs reports: Carders.cc, a German online forum dedicated to helping criminals trade and sell financial data stolen through hacking, has itself been hacked. The once-guarded contents of its servers are now being traded on public file-sharing networks, leading to the exposure of potentially identifying information on the forum’s users as well as countless passwords…
Four Kids From South Florida Led the World’s Biggest Online Identity Heist
For those who are interested in the backgrounds and psychological aspects of hackers, Tim Elfrink has an article in the Broward – Palm Beach New Times on Albert Gonzalez, Jonathan James, Christopher Scott, Stephen Watt, names recognizable for their roles in the massive credit card number hacks that became cautionary tales.
Dutch Public Transportation Website Leaks Private Passenger Information
Lucian Constantin reports: A government-run website promoting the OV-chipkaart smart card, which is currently being introduced in public transportation across The Netherlands, has been found leaking sensitive private information on over 168,000 passengers. A grey-hat hacker proved that he could access the name, address, birth date, phone number or e-mail for anyone in the database,…
GA officials: Hacking was outside eatery
Rodney Manly reports: A security breach that has compromised the credit and debit cards of recent customers at the Mellow Mushroom in Warner Robins is believed to have occurred outside the restaurant, police and the restaurant’s lawyer said Friday. “The breach happened either with the computing end of it or at the payment processing center….
Arlington Security Guard, Who Hacked into Hospital’s Computer System, Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges
Robert Wilonsky of the Dallas Observer reports that the Carrell Memorial Clinic hacker who stupidly posted videos of himself committing his crimes on You Tube has pleaded guilty. Although the case was previously covered on DataBreaches.net, Wilonsky’s blog entry provides a number of background links for those who want more of the earlier coverage, as…