Michael Sessa reports: The names and Social Security numbers of about 9,800 Syracuse University students, alumni and applicants have been exposed after someone gained unauthorized access to an employee’s email account. The university has sent letters to affected students, alerting them that the university had investigated a data security breach involving some of their personal information….
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NY: Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nude Photos of Dozens of Victims
A New York man pleaded guilty Monday to computer fraud and aggravated identity theft related to his hacking of online social media accounts and theft of nude images of dozens of female victims. Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid, Acting U.S. Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon of the Northern District of New York, Special Agent…
North Korea Is Using Cyberattacks To Finance Updates To Nuclear Program, UN Experts Say
Edith M. Lederer of AP reports: North Korea has modernized its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by flaunting United Nations sanctions, using cyberattacks to help finance its programs and continuing to seek material and technology overseas for its arsenal, U.N. experts said. […] The panel said its investigations found that North Korean-linked cyber actors continued…
KeepChange Foils Bitcoin Theft but Loses User Data in Sunday Breach
Sebastian Sinclair reports: Bitcoin marketplace KeepChange says it has managed to limit the ramifications of a security breach on Sunday. According to a blog post on Monday, the exchange said several bitcoin withdrawal requests had been initiated from customer accounts to an address belonging to the attackers. However, one of the platform’s control subsystems halted the requests, resulting…
Hackers try to contaminate Florida town’s water supply through computer breach
This is the stuff nightmares are made of. Chris Bing reports: Hackers broke into the computer system of a facility that treats water for about 15,000 people near Tampa, Florida and sought to add a dangerous level of additive to the water supply, the Pinellas County Sheriff said on Monday. The attempt on Friday was…
As predicted, big jump in RDP attacks as hackers target staff working from home
When everyone started working from home, one of the first predictions was that there would be more breaches related to the use of Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). RDP is used by vendors or business associates to connect to their clients’ systems. As such, it’s a valuable tool, but left enabled instead of disabled, it provides…