Stephanie Bodoni reports: Twitter Inc. has alerted a European Union data protection watchdog about the cyber-attack it fell victim to last week, days after the company said hackers had targeted just some 130 accounts and didn’t steal any passwords. The Irish Data Protection Commission has received a notification about the incident, said Graham Doyle, a spokesman…
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Cypriot man, accused of hacking Armor Games and Ripoff Report extradited to U.S.
Seen on KNEWS: The Republic of Cyprus has extradited two alleged cyber criminals to the United States, including a young man who is the first Cypriot national to be extradited under an extradition treaty with the US. Joshua Polloso Epifaniou, a 21-year-old from Nicosia and the first Cypriot national to be extradited to the United States,…
Naming names: some comments on Hunting Cyber Criminals’ attributions and proof
For the past few months, I waited for Vinny Troia of Night Lion Security to publish a report he prepared that would contain proof to support his claims that certain named individuals were members of thedarkoverlord. In the last few weeks, Troia expanded his claims to assert that he had also identified members of GnosticPlayers…
Israeli Water Infrastructure Hit Again by Cyberattacks
Yoni Weiss reports: The cyberattacks on Israeli infrastructure continue, with the Israeli Water Authority confirming on Thursday that another cyberattack targeted two Israeli water infrastructure facilities this week. According to officials, the attacks were aimed at agricultural water pumps in the Upper Galilee and infrastructure in the center of the country. The hacks did not cause…
Iranian Spies Accidentally Leaked Videos of Themselves Hacking
Andy Greenberg reports: WHEN SECURITY RESEARCHERS piece together the blow-by-blow of a state-sponsored hacking operation, they’re usually following a thin trail of malicious code samples, network logs, and connections to faraway servers. That detective work gets significantly easier when hackers record what they’re doing and upload the video to an unprotected server on the open internet….
“We take data protection very seriously,” New Zealand Friday edition
There were two incidents concerning New Zealand leaks or breaches in my news feed this morning. One of them caught my attention because the story didn’t seem accurate — and not because the reporters weren’t reporting accurately, but because the entity may not have been fully transparent or accurate about the incident. First: Mandy Te,…