Andrew Kinney reports on a hack at Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey. Registration at Stevens is like high school sports. It involves waking up at seven in the morning to repeat mindless drills (furiously clicking through Web Self Services). It works with a class hierarchy — juniors trump sophomores who trump freshmen, with seniors…
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Children’s charity Kars4Kids leaks info on 21,000 donors
Bob Diachenko of HackenProof.com reports: Kars4Kids is a charity that asks people to donate their cars, motorcycles, RVs, and real estate. They are most known for their nationwide advertising using their hypnotic theme song where a child and a Johny Cash impersonator sing the phone number and invites people to donate their cars today. On…
Romanian hacker “Guccifer” extradited to U.S. to finish prison sentence: Reports
Andrew Blake reports: Marcel Lehel Lazar, a prolific computer hacker known as “Guccifer,” has been extradited to the United States to finish serving a prison sentence related to a cybercrime spree credited with exposing Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email account while secretary of state, outlets in his native Romania reported Monday. Romania’s Alba…
UK: Six month prison sentence for motor industry employee in first ICO Computer Misuse Act prosecution
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: A motor industry employee has been sentenced to six months in prison in the first prosecution to be brought by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under legislation which carries a potential prison sentence. Mustafa Kasim, who worked for accident repair firm Nationwide Accident Repair Services (NARS), accessed thousands of customer…
LPL Financial notifying advisors after Capital Forensics, Inc. was hacked
LPL Financial has sent a notification about a third-party hack that was shared with DataBreaches.net by a reader. The hack involving Capital Forensics, Inc. has reportedly affected a number of that vendor’s clients (but not all clients). From their November 9th notification to advisors, LPL writes: *What Happened* LPL works with a firm called Capital…
Iranian hackers suspected in cyber breach and extortion attempt on Navy shipbuilder Austal
Jane Norman reports: Iranian hackers are believed to be responsible for a cyber security breach and extortion attempt on Australia’s biggest defence exporter. Perth-based shipbuilder Austal earlier this month revealed an “unknown offender” had hacked into its computer systems, accessing staff email addresses and phone numbers as well as ship drawings and designs. Some of…