WSMV reports that a hacker tried to gain access to the payroll records of Wilson County school employees. The bank notified the district on Monday. The district indicated that they don’t believe any information was stolen, but is urging employees to check their accounts.
Category: Hack
Gonzalez pleads guilty, sentenced to 15-25 years
The Associated Press has reported that Albert Gonzalez has agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft charges. Under a plea agreement with federal prosecutors filed in Boston on Friday, Albert Gonzalez would serve a sentence of 15 to 25 years after pleading guilty to a 19-count indictment. He would also…
‘The Analyzer’ Pleads Guilty in $10 Million Bank Hacking Case
Ehud Tenenbaum, aka “The Analyzer,” quietly pleaded guilty last week to a single count of bank-card fraud for his role in a sophisticated computer-hacking scheme that federal officials say scored $10 million from U.S. banks. The Israeli hacker was arrested in Canada last year for allegedly stealing about $1.5 million from Canadian banks. But before…
Two arrested in Alicante for hacking women’s files and stealing hundreds of sexual videos
Agents of the National Police in Alicante have arrested an alleged ‘hacker’ and an accomplice who have on their computers more than 200 email accounts of women and more than 300 file folders with photographs and videos of a sexual nature and intimate pictures of other young people. The two accused have allegedly invaded their…
Hackers break into police computer as sting backfires
An Australian Federal Police boast, on the ABC’s Four Corners program, about officers breaking up an underground hacker forum, has backfired after hackers broke into a federal police computer system. Security consultants say police appear to have been using the computer as a honeypot to collect information on members of the forum but the scheme…
Radisson breach affects N. American guests
The Associated Press has an item about Radisson Hotels & Resorts notifying guests of a breach that involved their credit card numbers. And I see that on Radisson’s site, they have posted a letter to guests: Radisson values your business and respects the privacy of your information, which is why we wish to inform you…