Jim Milliot reports: In a notice posted on its website late last week, R.R. Bowker said it has learned that unauthorized charges were being made on its www.myidentifiers.com website, which is responsible for issuing ISBNs. The company said its preliminary investigation has found that the breach appears to have happened over the course of multiple…
Category: Hack
Australian Shipbuilder Hacked, Refuses to Pay Ransom
I thought I posted something on this already, but apparently I didn’t, so if you hadn’t heard already, an Australian shipbuilder who also has contracts with the U.S. Navy was hacked and the hacker made extortion demands that the firm has refused. Jeremy Kirk reports: Australia’s largest defense exporter says it hasn’t responded to an…
Data breach hits luxury hotels in Tasmania, with guest details at risk of theft by ‘third party’
Tamara Glumac reports: Guests of two of Tasmania’s luxury hotels have been told their personal data “may have been accessed by an unauthorised third party”, with the company — casino giant Federal Group — telling people emails sent from the resorts may be bogus. The company has written to past guests of Hobart’s Henry Jones…
FIFA hack threatens further embarrassment to football’s governing body
Tom Macaulay reports: The computer systems of FIFA have been hacked once again and the football federation is braced for more damaging leaks of confidential information. FIFA officials have admitted the hack and expect that a series of stories will promptly be published based on a set of internal documents that were originally obtained by the…
U.S. charges Chinese spies and their recruited hackers in conspiracy to steal trade secrets
Ellen Nakashima reports: The Justice Department on Tuesday unsealed charges against 10 Chinese spies, hackers and others accused of conspiring to steal sensitive commercial airline and other secrets from U.S. and European companies. The indictment marks the third time since September that the United States has brought charges against Chinese intelligence officers and their recruits…
Eurostar forces all customers to reset passwords after data breach
Natasha Bernal reports: Eurostar has forced all of its customers to reset their passwords after detecting an “unauthorised attempt” to hack into its systems and access their accounts. Customers reported receiving an email on Tuesday stating that the company had identified an attempt to access eurostar.com accounts using users’ email and passwords between the 15 and 19…