DW reports: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) confirmed on Wednesday that it has been the target of a “major security information incident.” The international security and human rights watchdog became aware of the security breach in November. According to an OSCE spokesperson, the systems are now safe. “We were given entirely new security…
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InterContinental investigating possible payment card breach
Brian Krebs reports: InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), the parent company for more than 5,000 hotels worldwide including Holiday Inn, says it is investigating claims of a possible credit card breach at some U.S. locations. Last week, KrebsOnSecurity began hearing from sources who work in fraud prevention at different financial institutions. Those sources said they were seeing…
NH Department of Health & Human Services hacked; 15,000 affected (UPDATED)
Todd Bookman reports: The state’s Department of Health and Human Services says personal information for as many as 15,000 clients has been breached. Names, addresses, social security numbers and Medicaid ID numbers were stolen, with some information posted on social media sites. The agency says a patient at the state-run psychiatric hospital in Concord accessed…
Oilpro.Com Founder Pleads Guilty to Hacking Competitor
There’s an update to a case noted on this site earlier this year. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of NY on December 19: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of…
Chinese Nationals Charged With Hacking Firms to Steal M&A Info
Mark Hamblett reports: Three Chinese nationals face federal charges for allegedly hacking into two major U.S. law firms in a scheme to trade on information about imminent mergers and acquisitions. U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of the Southern District of New York announced Tuesday that Iat Hong, Bo Zheng and Hung Chin have been charged with…
Thai Police Arrests Nine Anonymous Hackers for Role in #OpSingleGateway Attacks
I had noted some of the #OpSingleGateway attacks last week, and it seems there’s a new development. Catalin Cimpanu reports that nine teenagers have been arrested: Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Prawit Wongsuwan said more arrests would follow, as officials are cracking down on local hacktivists. Read more on BleepingComputer, especially if you’re not…