Victoria Shupryt reports: The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission is investigating after a foreign country hacked its network internet and intranet system, according to officials. A spokesperson for the FBI says the agency is also involved. Read more on KOAT.
Category: Hack
Russians Reportedly Hacked Ukrainian Firm At Center Of Trump Impeachment Scandal
AP reports: A U.S. cybersecurity company says Russian military agents have successfully hacked the Ukrainian gas company at the center of the scandal that led to President Donald Trump’s impeachment. Russian agents launched a phishing campaign in early November to steal the login credentials of employees of Burisma Holdings, the gas company, according to Area…
UK: Two sentenced for hacking more than 700 bank and mobile phone accounts
A man and woman were sentenced on Friday, 10 January following an investigation by the Met’s Central Specialist Crime – Cyber Crime Unit. Appearing at Croydon Crown Court, Oluwaseun Ajayi, 39 (14.06.80) and Inga Irbe, 49 (05.05.70), both of Orchard Road, Dagenham, were sentenced to five years and six months and a community order of…
Cyber criminal jailed over National Lottery hack
A cyber criminal has today been jailed for nine months for committing offences against the National Lottery, after a National Crime Agency investigation. Anwar Batson, 29, of Lancaster Road, Notting Hill, London, was sentenced at Southwark Crown Court after admitting four offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 and one fraud charge. In November 2016…
Avid Technology reports a breach that they discovered in 2018
What should states do when notification is made but took more than one year? Are explanations sufficient to avoid any penalties for late notice? Here’s a case where notice to some individuals was made more than 7 months after discovery of a problem, but others did not get notified for more than one year. Read…
Booking data stolen from Japanese short-time love hotel booking service HappyHotel
Duncan Riley reports: Japanese short-time love hotel search engine HappyHotel has suffered a data breach in which the details of clients were accessed by unknown hackers. The breach occurred on Dec. 22, with usernames, passwords, date of birth, phone numbers and home addresses of customers all being stolen. “Love hotels” are accommodations where people take…