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UK: Two men arrested as part of international investigation into unauthorized access to the Microsoft network

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Dissent

Detectives from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) have executed two warrants in Lincolnshire and Bracknell and arrested two men this morning (22/6) for conspiracy to gain unauthorised access to the Microsoft network.  A 22-year-old man from Lincolnshire was arrested on suspicion of gaining unauthorised access to a computer. A 25-year-old man from…

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More data from Cowboys Casino hack released

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Dissent

Brodie Thomas reports: Hackers have released more data from the Cowboys Casino hack of last year, this time with more sensitive information. The second data dump appeared on a torrent site and on the website pastebin.com on Thursday. “Cowboys Casino has still not taken the matter of their customers/employees security seriously, so we are releasing…

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Hackers Altered 2016 Voter Rolls and Stole Private Data on U.S. Citizens

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Dissent

Jacob Weindling reports: TIME dropped a bombshell report today that should be getting more attention than it currently is. Here is the tl;dr version of a story that you should read in its entirety. The hacking of state and local election databases in 2016 was more extensive than previously reported, including at least one successful…

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800,000 customers ‘at risk’ over vulnerable Virgin Media router

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Dissent

Fife Today reports: Virgin Media is advising more than 800,000 customers with a specific router to change their password immediately after an investigation found hackers could gain access to it. Virgin Media said the risk to customers with a Super Hub 2 router was “small”, but advised them to change both their network and router…

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They view it as “Hollywood,” but TheDarkOverlord hit another medical entity (Update 2)

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Dissent

Overnight, TheDarkOverlord announced another hack, leaking some patient data into their Twitter timeline. We’re upping the heat on Hollywood. It’s time for another round. This time: something a little different. — thedarkoverlord (@tdohack3r) June 21, 2017 We’re upping the heat on Hollywood. It’s time for another round. This time: something a little different. The data…

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Larson Studios Breaks Silence about TheDarkOverlord hack and extortion (UPDATED)

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Dissent

In an intriguing follow-up to a case I reported in April concerning a hack-extortion incident involving TheDarkOverlord, Janko Roettgers reports that Larson Studios actually paid TheDarkOverlord’s 50 BTC demand. That alone would be surprising and newsworthy (there had been no payments made to the BTC wallet address given in the extortion contract), but Roettgers also…

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