Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger report: The National Security Agency publicly accused Russian government hackers of targeting email servers around the world in an unusual announcement on Thursday, showing that the agency is becoming more aggressive in calling out Moscow’s action as the presidential election approaches. While the Trump administration has publicly attributed…
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MA: New York City Man Charged with Hacking, Credit Card Trafficking, and Money Laundering Conspiracies
A New York City man was charged Tuesday with conspiracies to engage in computer hacking, trafficking in stolen payment card numbers, and money laundering. Vitalii Antonenko, 28, was indicted on one count of conspiracy to gain unauthorized access to computer networks and to traffic in unauthorized access devices, and one count of money laundering conspiracy….
Fortune 500 company NTT discloses security breach
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Nippon Telegraph & Telephone (NTT), the 64th biggest company in the world, according to the Fortune 500 list, has disclosed today a security breach. NTT says hackers gained access to its internal network and stole information on 621 customers from its communications subsidiary, NTT Communications, the largest telecommunications company in Japan, and…
Bringing VandaTheGod down to Earth: Exposing the person behind a 7-year hacktivism campaign
This site has reported on VandaTheGod more than half a dozen times over the past years. Now Check Point researchers report on how an open tab in a screenshot ultimately enabled them to identify him: Since 2013, many official websites belonging to governments worldwide were hacked and defaced by an attacker who self-identified as ’VandaTheGod.’…
Another Alleged FIN7 Cybercrime Gang Member Arrested
Ishita Chigilli Palli reports: The FBI has arrested another alleged member of the FIN7 cybercrime gang, which has been stealing millions of payment cards and other financial data since at least September 2015, according to federal court documents. Ukrainian national Denys Iarmak was extradited from Thailand and arrested in Seattle on Friday, according to documents unsealed…
Arbonne MLM data breach exposes user passwords, personal info
Sergiu Gatlan reports: International multi-level marketing (MLM) firm Arbonne International exposed the personal information and credentials of thousands after its internal systems were breached by an unauthorized party last month. […] “On the evening of April 20, 2020, Arbonne became aware of unusual activity within a limited number of its internal systems,” Arbonne says in a data breach…