TNW reports: It appears cryptocurrency startup BeeToken, which promised to disrupt the home sharing industry by putting its service on the blockchain, has been hacked. The attackers are actively targeting its initial coin offering (ICO) with phishing attacks and have already duped gullible investors for over $1 million worth of Ethereum. The company has confirmed…
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Former University of Kansas student accused of computer hacking faces 18 felony charges
Sara Shepherd reports: A former University of Kansas freshman, in fear of flunking out, successfully used a device called a keystroke logger to steal instructors’ confidential login information, hack into multiple campus computers and change F’s to A’s. Although the hacking apparently went unnoticed for most of two semesters, the student eventually got caught and…
Coincheck hackers believed trying to move stolen cryptocurrency into exchanges
Reuters reports: Hackers who stole ¥58 billion ($532 million) worth of cryptocurrency from the Coincheck exchange last week are trying to move the stolen “XEM” coins, the foundation behind the digital currency said on Tuesday. NEM Foundation, creators of the XEM cryptocurrency, have traced the stolen coins to an unidentified account, and the account owner…
AU: Self-confessed’ hacker faces court over alleged theft of 33 GoGet rides
David Chau and Kathleen Calderwood report: The man accused of accessing the customer database of online car-sharing company GoGet is a “self-confessed” computer hacker, a court has heard. NSW Police have arrested a 37-year-old Illawarra man for allegedly hacking into the database of GoGet. Police allege the man illegally accessed and downloaded customer information on…
Ca: Queen’s students affected by McMaster security breach
Iain Sherriff-Scott reports: After a cyber intrusion at McMaster University in November, some Queen’s students have been notified their admissions information may have been compromised. In a letter sent from Melissa Pool of McMaster’s University Registrar to several Queen’s students who had previously applied to the University, Pool explained, “an unauthorized individual accessed a secured…
Conspirator Who Hacked Mortgage Brokers Sentenced in Computer Hacking and Wire Fraud Scheme
From a January 19 press release from DOJ: Victor Alejandro Fernandez was sentenced in federal court today to 129 months in custody for his involvement in a conspiracy to steal and misuse mortgage customers’ sensitive personal information. Fernandez was charged along with Jason Ray Bailey, John Gordon Baden and Joel Nava with conspiracy to commit…