Sonseeahray Tonsall reports: Three years ago, FOX40 first reported that as many as 200 academic records were stolen from the San Juan Unified School district and discovered in an FBI raid of homes in Sacramento and Studio City. Information like student social security numbers was used to make $1 million worth of fraudulent charges on…
Category: Hack
Yahoo tells users they were hit with cookie attack
Laura Hautala reports: Yahoo users found out Wednesday that hackers used a technical trick with cookies to log into their accounts without passwords. “Based on the ongoing investigation, we believe a forged cookie may have been used in 2015 or 2016 to access your account,” Yahoo users were told in an email. Yahoo revealed the…
Security analysts link arrested Russian computer expert to crime websites
Tim Johnson reports: One of the key figures in a cyber-treason scandal shaking Russia and possibly related to Russian efforts to influence the U.S. presidential election has been linked to underground criminal forums on the web, something cybersecurity analysts say shows the overlap between Russia’s security services and the criminal underworld. Dmitry Dokuchaev, a major…
Hacker Breached Dozens of Universities and Government Agencies, Report Says
Jeff John Roberts reports: A hacker has reportedly obtained access to the computer systems of prominent universities, including Cornell and New York University, and is attempting to sell that illegal access on the Internet, according to a research firm. In a report published on Wednesday, the firm Recorded Future published new details about the hacker’s activities. The…
Data breach hits San Antonio Symphony employees
At first I thought this might be another W-2 phishing incident, but it reads more like a hack. Davi Hendricks reports: Computer hackers broke into the computer network for the San Antonio Symphony this week, stealing the names, birth dates, social security numbers and addresses for about 250 employees, the organization confirmed Tuesday. “This was…
Hackers Have Stolen Millions Of Dollars In Bitcoin — Using Only Phone Numbers
Laura Shin reports: Just after midnight on August 11, self-professed night owl Jered Kenna was working at home in Medellin, Colombia, when he was notified the passwords had been reset on two of his email addresses. He tried to set up new passwords himself by prompting the email service to send him text messages containing…