SAN FRANCISCO – Karim Baratov, a/k/a “Kay,” a/k/a Karim Taloverov, a/k/a Karim Akehmet Tokbergenov, pleaded guilty today to charges returned by a grand jury in the Northern District of California in February 2017. The guilty plea was announced by U.S. Attorney Brian J. Stretch; Acting Assistant Attorney General Dana J. Boente of the U.S. Justice…
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Bulletproof Coffee Failed to Keep Hackers Out
I have no idea if their coffee is any good, but Bulletproof Coffee’s infosecurity may seem like it’s…. wait… what’s the opposite of “bulletproof?” Eduard Kovacs of Security Week recaps a series of payment card breach notifications the Washington-based coffee firm has had to issue in the past year as it discovered that previous estimates…
U.S. Charges Three Chinese Hackers Who Work at Internet Security Firm for Hacking Three Corporations for Commercial Advantage
An indictment was unsealed yesterday against Wu Yingzhuo, Dong Hao and Xia Lei, all of whom are Chinese nationals and residents of China, for computer hacking, theft of trade secrets, conspiracy and identity theft directed at U.S. and foreign employees and computers of three corporate victims in the financial, engineering and technology industries between 2011…
Canadian charged in Yahoo hacking case to plead guilty in U.S.
Nate Raymond reports: A Canadian accused by the United States of helping Russian intelligence agents break into email accounts as part of a massive 2014 breach of Yahoo accounts is expected to plead guilty next week, according to court records. Karim Baratov, who earlier this year waived his right to fight a U.S. request for…
Russian Fancy Bear hackers’ UK link revealed
Chris Vallance reports: When Russia’s most notorious hackers hired servers from a UK-registered company, they left a trove of clues behind, the BBC has discovered. The hackers used the computers to attack the German parliament, hijack traffic meant for a Nigerian government website and target Apple devices. The company, Crookservers, had claimed to be based…
Czech high court says alleged Russian hacker can be extradited to United States
Jan Lopatka reports: The Prague High Court ruled on Friday that Russian citizen Yevgeniy Nikulin can be extradited to the United States where he is accused of hacking social networks including LinkedIn, a court spokeswoman said. Czech police arrested Yevgeniy Nikulin in Prague in October 2016 in cooperation with the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation….