Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: There’s an oft-repeated adage in the world of cybersecurity: There are two types of companies, those that have been hacked, and those that don’t yet know they have been hacked. MySpace, the social media behemoth that was, is apparently in the second category. The same hacker who was selling the data of more…
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Reddit Forced to Reset 100,000 Passwords After ‘Uptick’ In Hacked Accounts
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: After a flurry of hacked accounts, Reddit has been forced to reset the passwords of 100,000 users in two weeks. The company announced it on Thursday, noting that this “general uptick” in account takeovers comes on the heels of large data breaches on other sites, such as the recent leak of more than 100 million…
Romanian Hacker “Guccifer” Pleads Guilty to Computer Hacking Crimes
As expected: Marcel Lehel Lazar, 44, of Arad, Romania, a hacker who used the online moniker “Guccifer,” pleaded guilty today to unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft. In a statement of facts filed with his plea agreement, Lazar admitted that from at least October 2012 to January 2014, he intentionally gained…
UK man charged over attack on Mumsnet
There’s been an arrest in the attacks on parenting site Mumsnet. Charlie Osborne reports: A British man has been charged in connection to a cyberattack against Mumsnet which knocked the popular parenting website offline. Mumsnet experienced a data breach earlier this year when a hacker broke into the website’s servers and exploited administration privileges to redirect…
Lancaster hacker who stole nude photos of Jennifer Lawrence and others pleads guilty
Matt Miller reports: A computer hacker who targeted female celebrities could face up to 5 years in prison and $250,000 in fines after pleading guilty to federal charges, prosecutors said Tuesday. Ryan Collins, 36, of Lancaster, pleaded guilty to a federal hacking charge before U.S. Middle District Senior Judge William W. Caldwell. According to U.S….
NLC leaks its Private keys and sensitive information – A heartbleed Hack on NLC
Manoj Kumar Thambulingam reports: NLCIndia.com—one of the Indian Government Navarathna award winning public sector enterprise, providing several services through web interface — has reportedly been hacked , exposing the site’s user credentials.NLC (Neyveli Lignite Corporation) is an Indian Goverment owned Lignite mining and power generating company . And it was one of the elite company of India. It…