Charlie Osborne reports: Livecoin has announced its closure following a cyberattack that allegedly compromised the firm’s infrastructure and exchange rate setup. As previously reported by ZDNet, the Russian cryptocurrency exchange claimed it had been hacked roughly around Christmas, with the alleged cyberattackers seizing control of Livecoin systems in order to tamper with exchange rate values. Read…
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IObit forums hacked to spread ransomware to its members
Lawrence Abrams reports: Windows utility developer IObit was hacked over the weekend to perform a widespread attack to distribute the strange DeroHE ransomware to its forum members. IObit is a software developer known for Windows system optimization and anti-malware programs, such as Advanced SystemCare. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Diponegoro University Responds to Student Data Breach Allegation
Translator: Ricky Mohammad Nugraha TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Diponegoro University (Undip) Semarang on Tuesday revealed that there had been hacking attempts to breach its servers which keeps thousands of its students’ data. They claim that the cyber attacks can be traced back to the Netherlands, China, Hong Kong, and Mexico. They implied that the students’ data is believed to be leaked from…
Hackers claim to have attacked major Bangladeshi conglomerate
Hackers claim to have successfully attacked a multinational conglomerate that is described as having the largest market capitalization on Bangladesh’s stock market. Background on BEXIMCO The Bangladesh Export Import Company Limited (“BEXIMCO”) was founded in the 1970s and has approximately 70,000 employees worldwide. It has operations and investments across a wide range of industries including…
OpenWRT reports data breach after hacker gained access to forum admin account
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The maintainers of OpenWRT, an open-source project that provides free and customizable firmware for home routers, have disclosed a security breach that took place over the weekend. According to a message posted on the project’s forum and distributed via multiple Linux and FOSS-themed mailing lists, the security breach took place on Saturday, January 16, around 16:00…
US drops extradition request for Dublin hacker who stole $2m in cryptocurrency
Paul Nellan reports: The United States has dropped its bid to extradite a Dublin computer hacker for the theft of $2m in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies after his conviction here, the High Court was told today. With the withdrawal of the extradition request, Conor Freeman is no longer facing a maximum possible sentence of 108…