RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty reports: A court in Moscow has refused to grant early release to the leader of a group believed to be behind the hacking of high-profile Internet accounts, including the Twitter account of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The Lefortovo District Court on January 12 rejected a motion for the release on parole for Vladimir…
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UK: ICO slams Carphone Warehouse with £400,000 penalty; inadequate security contributed to 2015 hack
If you’ve been following along since 2015, you may recall a breach involving Carphone Warehouse that was first disclosed in August, 2015. At the time, we were told that the hack affected 2.4 million customers’ data and about 90,000 customers’ credit cards. Fast forward to today, when the U.K.’s Information Commissioner announced that it has…
Man, 30, held over hacking attacks with ransom demands on two Hong Kong travel agencies
There’s a follow-up to a breach noted previously on this site. Clifford Lo reports: A 30-year-old Hong Kong man was arrested in connection with cyberattacks in which the computers of two travel agencies in the city were hacked and their clients’ sensitive personal information held for ransom, with payouts in bitcoin sought last week. As…
Lawyer for Franklin Regional School District DDoS suspect seeks evidence suppression
Jeff Himler reports that the attorney for Michaela King, a former Franklin Regional School District student accused of launching cyber attacks in 2016 that affected local school districts, the Catholic diocese, and Westmoreland County government, has asked the court to suppress evidence in the case. …. King’s attorney, David Shrager, claims the consultant violated state and…
So easy children could do it? Centennial School District Hacked by Students
Travis Loose reports: The Centennial School District on Friday announced a security breach within its student information systems. District officials do not currently believe any important student information was taken, however the investigation is ongoing. Two Centennial High School students — a junior and senior, both under 18 — are responsible for data breach, school…
Claiming to have hacked Facebook, AnonCoders dump 37,000 logins
Update of January 18: After four requests, this site finally received a response from Facebook. According to a spokesperson: We were able to look into this and based on our review, there is no evidence that these credentials were exposed as a result of a Facebook breach, and we found that very few entries match…