From LeakedSource.com: Well known San-Francisco based “drag-n-drop” website creator Weebly.com had information on 43,430,316 users leaked from its main database in February of 2016. This database was provided to us by an anonymous source. Each record in this mega breach contains a username, email address, password, and IP address. Unlike nearly every other hack, the…
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How Russia Pulled Off the Biggest Election Hack in U.S. History
Thomas Rid reports: On an April afternoon earlier this year, Russian president Vladimir Putin headlined a gathering of some four hundred journalists, bloggers, and media executives in St. Petersburg. Dressed in a sleek navy suit, Putin looked relaxed, even comfortable, as he took questions. About an hour into the forum, a young blogger in a…
Hookup Service ‘Adult FriendFinder’ May Have Been Hacked—Again
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: Online hookup website “Adult FriendFinder” might have been hacked—again. On Tuesday evening, a hacker known as Revolver or 1×0123 claimed to have breached into the service, posting two screenshots that appeared to show he had access to some portion of the website’s infrastructure. Another notorious hacker known as Peace also claimed to have hacked…
Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, Czechs Say
HANA de GOEIJ reports: A man identified as a Russian hacker suspected of pursuing targets in the United States has been arrested in the Czech Republic, the police announced Tuesday evening. The suspect, who was captured in a raid at a hotel in central Prague, did not resist arrest, but he had medical problems and was briefly hospitalized,…
Bank informs RBI of security breach: Axis suffers cyber attack, hires EY to probe damage
Sugata Ghosh and Sachin Dave report: A month ago, an official of Axis Bank– India’s third largest private sector lender — received an unexpected telephone call. The caller, an engineer at Kaspersky Lab, the well-known Moscow-headquartered cyber security firm, rattled off the names of several Axis computers which, he claimed, have been breached. The Kaspersky…
RedBus confirms hack, says no sign of user passwords being stolen yet
Alnoor Peermohamed reports: Online travel giant ibibo Group-owned ticketing platform RedBus on Tuesday confirmed that it had been subject to a cyber attack that might have exposed the email addresses of some of its customers. RedBus which was alerted of the hack on Monday via a post on Reddit says it has engaged security consultants…