Andy Greenberg reports: Iranian hackers have carried out some of the most disruptive acts of digital sabotage of the last decade, wiping entire computer networks in waves of cyberattacks across the Middle East and occasionally even the US. But now one of Iran’s most active hacker groups appears to have shifted focus. Rather than just standard…
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Akron man sentenced to six years in prison for launching denial of service attacks that shut down web sites for the city of Akron and the Akron Police Department
From the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio, an update on a previously disclosed prosecution: An Akron man was sentenced to six years in prison for launching denial of service attacks that shut down web sites for the city of Akron and the Akron Police Department. James Robinson, 33, previously pleaded guilty…
Arron Banks’s private Twitter messages leaked by hacker
Jim Waterson reports: Arron Banks’s Twitter account has been hacked and the entire private message history of the Leave.EU founder uploaded to the internet, in what appears to be a targeted attack that has been reported to the police. The founder of the pro-Brexit campaign group, who has been the subject of questions about the source of…
Court approves extradition of young hacker to US
Jonathan Shkurko reports: Joshua Epiphaniou will be the first Cypriot to be extradited to the United States after a Nicosia court ruled he should stand trial there, his lawyer Michael Chambers said. He faces 20 years in prison in two US states – Georgia and Arizona – where he faces several charges including wire and…
College Station stops online utility payments while investigating Click2Gov data breach
KBTX reports that College Station, Texas is warning utility customers about a potential Click2Gov breach. Read more on KBTX.
Phineas Fisher Offers $100,000 Bounty to Hack Banks and Oil Companies
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: An infamous vigilante hacker known for their hits on surveillance companies is launching a new kind of bug bounty to reward hacktivists who do public interest hacks and leaks. The hacker, known as Phineas Fisher, published a new manifesto on Friday, offering to pay hackers up to $100,000 in what they called the ‘Hacktivist…