An opinion piece by Nay Htun Naing published on Eleven Media Group’s Daily Eleven web site on June 16 reportedly ticked off some hackers who call themselves “The Hackers Union” (aka “Union of Hacktivists”). So much so, it seems, that they attacked EMG’s site the next day. According to EMG: The Hackers’ Union Facebook page posted that it was…
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Hack exposes 1,500 University of Cambridge student and employee passwords
Patrick Howell O’Neill reports: Hackers successfully hit the University of Cambridge’s Cambridge Schools Classics Project website this week, exposing the email addresses and cleartext passwords of over 1,500 students and employees. The contents of the breach were released freely online earlier this week. On Thursday, a University of Cambridge spokesperson confirmed the incident to the Daily Dot….
In: Air India admin staffers’ IDs also hacked
Oh, now this sounds even more serious than the original headlines about flyers’ miles being stolen. The Times of India reports: The crooks who targeted Air India had not just hacked into the frequent flyers’ club but were in control of as many as 24 user IDs of Air India’s programme administration group that was…
No evidence feds tampered with alleged Russian hacker’s computer, judge says
Mike Carter reports the latest development in the federal prosecution of Russian hacker Roman Seleznev: A federal judge has refused to suppress key evidence in the pending trial of accused Russian mega-hacker Roman Seleznev. U.S. District Judge Richard Jones said Seleznev’s accusations that federal agents tampered with his computer — and the dueling opinions of prosecution and…
UK: Romanian hackers infiltrate Gloucestershire business Versarien
Ellis Lane reports: Hackers have infiltrated Gloucestershire-based Versarien, sending spam emails out to the business’s entire contacts book in the process. The hack came from three different locations, the most prevalent came from Romania, with other hacks from Melbourne in Australia and Camberley in Surrey. Read more on Gloucestershire Live.
US regulator freezes British man’s assets over claims he hacked stockbroking accounts
Marion Dakers reports: The Securities and Exchange Commission is pursuing a British man over claims he hacked into US investors’ accounts to place unauthorised trades. The American financial regulator has asked a New York court to freeze the assets of Idris Dayo Mustapha while it tries to recover the proceeds of his alleged trades and…