Soko Directory Team reports: The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested three suspects in Ngara, Nairobi on suspicion of hacking into NTSA and TIMS databases and issuing fake documents to Kenyans. Detectives found two Kenyan men trying to break into the National Transport And Safety Authority (NTSA) and the TIMS online portals. The suspects…
Category: Hack
Update: How many users were affected by the DISA breach?
Andrew Eversden has an update on a breach previously noted on this site: A breach of a system hosted by the Defense Information Systems Agency, the Department of Defense’s primary IT support agency, affected “approximately 200,000” users after a malicious actor may have gained access to names and Social Security numbers, according to a Pentagon…
Romanian Hackers Sentenced
From the FBI: In 2007, an Ohio woman wired thousands of dollars to an eBay seller thinking she was buying a used car. The car never arrived. When she went to her local police department, the listing did not appear on the officers’ computers. That’s because the woman was on a fraudulent version of the…
More than 10 million records from 2019 MGM Resorts hack; data includes celebrity guests (updated)
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The personal details of more than 10.6 million users who stayed at MGM Resorts hotels have been published on a hacking forum this week. Besides details for regular tourists and travelers, included in the leaked files are also personal and contact details for celebrities, tech CEOs, reporters, government officials, and employees at…
Hackers Were Inside Citrix for Five Months
Brian Krebs reports: Networking software giant Citrix Systems says malicious hackers were inside its networks for five months between 2018 and 2019, making off with personal and financial data on company employees, contractors, interns, job candidates and their dependents. The disclosure comes almost a year after Citrix acknowledged that digital intruders had broken in by probing its…
NY: East House Provides Notice Of Data Privacy Event
East House is a private, nonprofit agency in Rochester, New York that serves individuals with persistent mental illness and/or substance use disorder. Yesterday, they issued a press release about a breach: ROCHESTER, N.Y., Feb. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Although unaware of any actual or attempted misuse, East House is providing notice of a data privacy event impacting the…