Ernesto writes: The uTorrent community forums have been hacked, exposing the private details of hundreds of thousands of users. The hackers were able to get their hands on the user database, and a warning issued by the software maker says that passwords should be considered compromised. With well over 150 million active users a month…
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Spanish police organization hacked; agents’ info allegedly dumped
HackKnowledge.in reports that a hacker who uses the Twitter handle @FkPoliceAnonOps claims to have hacked the Mutual Social Security Police (mupol.es) and dumped information on 5,400 agents. The leaked data contains full names, email addresses, national ID numbers, and hashed passwords. Although law enforcement is investigating, it does appear that there is any official confirmation as to the accuracy…
Woman charged with altering and stealing computer files from Cree
WRAL reports: A Cary woman has been charged with illegally accessing and altering computer files at Durham-based LED manufacturer Cree Inc., according to an arrest warrant. Huili Cui, 50, of 521 Denhoff Drive, is charged with felony accessing computers and larceny by employee. She was initially held in the Durham County jail under a $1…
100 million accounts for VK, Russia’s Facebook, show up on dark web
Joseph Cox reports: Accounts for over 100 million users of popular social media site VK.com are being traded on the digital underground. Breach notification site LeakedSource obtained the data and published an analysis on Sunday. The hacker known as Peace, meanwhile, listed the data for sale on a dark web marketplace. […] Peace provided Motherboard…
Sh0ping.su Hacked, Thousands of Credit Cards and Accounts Leaked
Waqas writes: … The hackers behind the leak claim to have leaked 16,000 ShOping.su’s registered accounts, 15,000 user accounts which were stolen from other sites and stored on the hacked servers and around 9000 credit card data. Hacked-DB, the data mining company who first discovered the data contacted HackRead with an in-depth analysis according to them the leaked data is…
National Network of Abortion Funds reports hack
I suppose some would consider this hacktivism… The National Network of Abortion Funds reports that its Bowl-A-Thon site was attacked on or about April 7. Fake comments were posted, fake donations were submitted, and fake donation activity threatened to disrupt the functionality of the site. Some registered users received offensive emails. Forensic investigation determined that as part of…