Faith Ridler reports: Cancer Research UK customers have been targeted by the same Russian hackers behind recent cyber attacks on Ticketmaster and British Airways. Magecart, an anonymous group of cyber criminals, attempted to steal the card details of people buying gifts through the charity’s website, cyber security experts at consultancy RiskIQ said. The hackers reportedly…
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IE: Cork local investigated over hacking of council’s parking app
The Journal reports: The Garda Computer Crime Unit has been drafted in to probe how 5,000 people’s personal information collected by Cork City Council had been illegally accessed by a hacker. Detectives in that garda unit are investigating the breach which saw thousands of people who used a parking app potentially having their data stolen….
Hackers Compromise 30,000 Routers in India – Cryptojacking Report
Solomon Sunny reports: …. Banbreach, an Indian-based security firm, has released a report showing an increased number of routers affected by cryptojacking software in India. In its post released on Thursday, Banbreach noted that the number of compromised routers is almost 30,000, double the number from last month. For cities with the highest prevalence of…
“AlfabetoVirtual” Pleads Guilty To Hacking Websites For The Combating Terrorism Center At West Point And The New York City Comptroller
There’s an update to the case involving Billy Anderson, aka AlfabetoVirtual, who was pretty busy defacing sites for a year or more. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York earlier this week: Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that BILLY RIBEIRO ANDERSON, a/k/a “Anderson…
Fugitive from Kentucky charged with breaching computer network at Community Health
Jesse Wells reports: A fugitive from Kentucky is accused of illegally logging into the computer network at Community North Hospital. The suspect, Charles Thomas, is now facing several charges of computer trespass and resisting law enforcement. Court records claim he logged into the computer network using stolen credentials from a hospital employee. Read more on…
Russian Hackers Indicted
Seven Russian government operatives have been charged with hacking into the computer networks of organizations working to investigate and stop Russian athletic doping, just after Russia was banned from the Olympics due to state-sponsored doping revelations. The hackers also allegedly targeted other international entities seen as thwarting Russia’s strategic interests. According to an indictment unsealed…