Alex Pfeiffer reports: The Russian Visa Center, a contractor which helps Americans obtain Russian visas, was allegedly hacked, and the information of around 3000 individuals has been leaked to The Daily Caller by the hacker Kapustkiy. The Russian Visa Center is part of Invisa Logistic Services and has five locations in the U.S. designed to assist…
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TH: Five hacktivists held for attacks on websites
At least five suspects have been detained for alleged involvement in the latest hacking of government and security agency websites, some of which were knocked out of service temporarily due to cyberattacks, National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) sources have said. The crackdown is expected to lead to the round-up of about 100 people believed…
FBI probes FDIC hack linked to China’s military – sources
Dustin Volz and Jason Lange report: The FBI is investigating how hackers infiltrated computers at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for several years beginning in 2010 in a breach senior FDIC officials believe was sponsored by China’s military, people with knowledge of the matter said. The security breach, in which hackers gained access to dozens…
Costa Rica: great coffee, but not-so-great website security?
Pop Quiz: What do the Argentinian Ministry of Industry, the National Assembly of Ecuador, Nigeria’s embassy in Belgium, the Eastern India Regional Council, Jordan’s ministry of tourism, the Slovak Chamber of Commerce, and the Consular Department of the Embassy of the Russian Federation all have in common? Answer: They’re some of the government web sites hacked and dumped…
TalkTalk hack: Co Antrim schoolboy loses legal challenge over identification
Alan Erwin reports: A Co Antrim schoolboy arrested over the TalkTalk cyber attack has lost his High Court challenge to an alleged failure to implement legislation that would protect him from media identification. The 15-year-old took action against the Department of Justice over claims it has done nothing about a law prohibiting the press from…
University of Nebraska-Lincoln notifies 30,000 of breach that may have occurred two years ago
Chris Dunker reports: A breach of a University of Nebraska-Lincoln computer server potentially exposed thousands of student names, ID numbers and grades to an outside source, campus officials said Tuesday. In a letter sent to approximately 30,000 current and former students, UNL said an unauthorized breach of a server hosting a math placement exam occurred…