CCN reports: Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck, the victim of the largest theft in the crypto industry’s history, has reopened new user registrations and limited trading services. The Tokyo-based cryptocurrency trading platform, which lost a record $530 million in NEM tokens (XEM) after an attacker breached its hot wallet in January, made the announcement on Tuesday,…
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Bank Islami Comes Under Biggest Cyber Attack of Pakistan’s History
Muhamed Bilal reports: Bank Islami Pakistan has come under the biggest cyber attack in the history of Pakistan. The incident came under the limelight when numerous customer of the bank complaint of an unusual activity – that their payments cards are being used in the different international countries. It is alleged that a group of…
Gabon official websites hacked by Anonymous
AFP reports: The Anonymous hackers collective on Sunday claimed it hacked into more than 70 Gabon government websites, as part of what it called a campaign against dictatorships. Government sites including the ministries of communications and the civil service were inaccessible on Sunday, as were the websites of at least 30 other institutions. The presidency…
Hackers Steal Data of Over 60,000 Tomorrowland Attendees
Matthew Meadow reports: While the US is worrying about hackers with the midterm elections growing closer, over in Brussels, another major breach was experienced by Tomorrowland. According to a report by Brussels Times, hackers were able to infiltrate the festival’s systems and obtain the data and personal information of 64,000 attendees. If it’s any consolation,…
Satori botnet author in jail again after breaking pretrial release conditions
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The alleged creator of the Satori IoT botnet is back in jail after breaking the terms of his pretrial conditional release, ZDNet has learned. The suspect is Kenneth Currin Schuchman, a 20-year-old man from Bend, Washington. He was first arrested this year in August and charged on two counts under the CFAA…
TengoInternet breached in or prior to April; says prior breach investigation in April had revealed no credible evidence
It appears that Texas-based outdoor WiFi provider TengoInternet was notified anonymously in April 2018 of a hack, but their investigation at that time reportedly revealed no credible evidence. In September, however, when they were reportedly contacted again by the same anonymous individual, they had credible evidence. Was the anonymous party a whitehat researcher trying to…