Bogdan Popa reports: Shad0wS3C leader Gh0s7 has managed to hack another website, this time belonging to Instituto de la Función Registral del Estado México (also known as IFREM). Gh0s7 told us that he discovered a vulnerability in their server that allowed him to get the main database file, which includes sensitive information such user data,…
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“KYAnonymous” pleads guilty in Steubenville case
Bill Estep reports: A computer hacker who lived in Clark County and used the online name KYAnonymous has admitted he illegally accessed a computer to get involved in a notorious 2012 rape case in Steubenville, Ohio. Deric Lostutter, 29, pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to hack a website associated with Steubenville High School athletics and…
FINRA Fines Lincoln Financial Subsidiary $650,000 For Cybersecurity Shortcomings
Glen A. Kopp and Laura Preback Hang of Bracewell LLP write: A Lincoln Financial Group subsidiary agreed to pay $650,000 to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) to resolve allegations that it failed to implement sufficient security policies to protect confidential customer information after its web-based customer account database was hacked in 2012. The 2012…
GA: Vascular Surgical Associates Notifies Patients of Hack (updated)
Vascular Surgical Associates in Georgia has been notifying patients of a hack discovered in September. From their site: Vascular Surgical Associates Protected Health Information Breach Vascular Surgical Associates was recently the victim of a hacking incident that may have resulted in inappropriate access to certain information about you. On or about September 13, 2016, we…
@Kapustkiy and @CyberZeist hack a human rights foundation (UPDATED)
Yesterday, two hackers known on Twitter as @Kapustkiy and @CyberZeist claimed that they teamed up to hack the Hungarian Human Rights Foundation. The hack was announced on Twitter. Because CyberWarNews.info has already provided a helpful summary of the leak, which was posted on Pastebin, I’ll quote Lee’s summary: a list of tables from the breached…
Update: Hacker dumps stolen Casino Rama information online
CTV reports: A collection of personal and private information stolen during the Casino Rama cyberattack has been dumped online. A five gigabyte file containing more than 14,000 documents was uploaded to a torrent website on Monday. The information belongs to people who’ve won big at the casino and former employees. The files contain social insurance…