Russell Brandom reported this yesterday (Friday): Visitors to more than 10,000 Tor-based websites were met with an alarming announcement this morning: “Hello, Freedom Hosting II, you have been hacked.” A group affiliating itself with Anonymous had compromised servers at Freedom Hosting II, a popular service for hosting websites accessible only through Tor. Roughly six hours…
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Hackers break into Polish banks through government regulator charged with bank security standards
Patrick O’Neill reports: Polish banks have spent the last week searching for hackers who broke into several of the country’s financial institutions in an incident that looks to be three months old, according to Polish media. The malware infection appears to have come through — of all things — compromised servers at the Polish financial regulator KNF, which…
Particle accelerator hacked: Boffins’ hashed passwords beamed up
Darren Pauli reports: UPDATE The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) is investigating a computer security breach at the Australian Synchrotron that saw hackers steal scientists’ usernames and passwords Friday. Hackers of as yet unknown origin hit systems hosting the web portal where researchers from ANSTO and third parties can request time to use the…
Norway’s Labour Party was hacked by Russia: report
The Labour Party’s parliamentary group suffered a hack in autumn that was carried out by Russians, TV2 reported. The attack against Labour is being compared to the hack of the Democratic National Committee that American intelligence agencies said was carried out by Russia in an effort to influence the outcome of the US election. According…
Two people arrested in U.K. in hacking of D.C. police closed-circuit camera network
Peter Hermann reports: Two people have been arrested in London in the hacking of storage devices that record data from D.C. police surveillance cameras, law enforcement authorities said Thursday. The arrests were made in the south London neighborhood of Streatham and followed a search warrant that was served Jan. 19, the day before the presidential…
Rewards “R” Us members notified of forced password reset
Toys “R” Us has been notifying members of their Rewards “R” Us program after they obtained evidence of attempts to gain unauthorized access to some accounts. A spokesperson for the retailer tells DataBreaches.net: The vendor responsible for our loyalty program made us aware of unauthorized attempts to access our Rewards member accounts. This appears to be…