Morgan Chalfant reports: A breach of a Kansas Department of Commerce system exposed more than 5 million Social Security numbers to hackers, according to a report from a local news outlet. The Kansas News Service obtained information through a public records request that revealed that roughly 5.5 million Social Security numbers from individuals in 10 states were…
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A smart fish tank left a casino vulnerable to hackers
Selena Larson reports: Hackers attempted to steal data from a North American casino through a fish tank connected to the internet, according to a report from security firm Darktrace. Despite extra security precautions set up on the fish tank, hackers still managed to compromise the tank to send data to a device in Finland before…
Ca: Loblaws suffers another online security breach
Patrick O’Rourke reports: According to an email sent out to Loblaws account holders, the security of a ‘small number’ of accounts has been compromised, marking the second time the company has suffered a security breach this year. The last time Loblaws’ websites suffered a breach, the company reset all subscriber passwords, though in that case…
Man tells feds he wrote software that stole $40M in bitcoin
Peter Hall reports: Police on the trail of two missing laptops and a gold necklace followed it to the Montgomery County home of a self-described computer hacker who claims responsibility for what could be one of the largest virtual currency heists of all time, court documents say. Theodore Price of Hatfield told a local detective…
Romanian Authorities Apprehend Three Men Trying to Sell Stolen Client Data
Jeff Patterson reports: Romania’s Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) has successfully detained three individuals who attempted to sell stolen information from Cyprus-based brokerage. Iliescu Stefan Virgil, Roşoiu Darie Leone, and Vîlceanu Ionut, had succeeded in obtaining sensitive data from the brokerage group, which it intended to sell for upwards of €80k. All…
Hacker Steals $7 Million Worth of Ethereum From CoinDash Platform
Catalin Cimpanu reports: An unknown hacker has taken over the official website of the CoinDash platform and modified an Ethereum wallet address during the company’s ICO (Initial Coin Offering). The hack took place today, just three minutes after CoinDash launched its ICO, which is something similar to an IPO. Read more on BleepingComputer. CoinDash did…