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UK: The National Crime Agency is sending hackers to rehab

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Dissent

Liat Clark reports: At the age of 13, Jake Davis was spending all day, every day on his bedroom computer at his Shetland Islands home. It would be another five years before he discovered an Anonymous chatroom and became part of the hacktivist group, going on to form his own group, Lulzsec. With his new…

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UniCredit Says 400,000 Accounts Were Hacked, Exposing Data

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Dissent

Sonia Sirletti and Edward Robinson report: UniCredit SpA said hackers accessed about 400,000 client bank accounts in Italy, taking biographical and loan data in one of the biggest breaches in Europe to date. The breaches occurred in September and October of 2016 and June to July of this year, the bank said on Wednesday in…

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Details of a million people across Yorkshire for sale on ‘dark web’

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Dissent

I am reluctant to link to this news report because of the damned stock hoodie image, but…. Ruby Kitchen and Chris Burn report: Across Yorkshire, the personal data of 942,609 people is listed for sale on an underground marketplace, with the highest number being in Sheffield, Barnsley and Rotherham. The illicitly obtained data – from…

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Ukrainian “Casher” Sentenced for Role in Worldpay Hacking Scheme

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Dissent

Evgeny Tarasovich Levitskyy, a/k/a Vinchenco, a/k/a Vinch, a/k/a M.U.R.D.E.R.E.R, was  sentenced on Thursday to 46 months in federal prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud for his role as a “casher” (one who withdraws cash using stolen bank account information) in the 2008 hack of RBS WorldPay. “The 2008 hack of RBS WorldPay was one…

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Over 5 million Social Security numbers exposed in Kansas breach: report

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Dissent

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

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Dissent

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…

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