The Intercept follows up on its earlier report in which a hack of Securus revealed that 70 million phone calls had been recorded – many involving what should be privileged communications between attorneys and their clients. Jordan Smith and Micah Lee report: The Intercept’s analysis, to the contrary, estimated that the hacked data included at least…
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Massive number of South African websites hacked by Anonymous
Jan Vermeulen reports: A hacker who identifies with the Anonymous collective Team Hack Argentino, and goes by @TobitowTHA on Twitter, has claimed responsibility for defacing over 200 South African websites. Tobitow posted links to the sites on Twitter, indicating that the defacement was in support of Operation Africa (#OpAfrica). Read more on MyBroadband.
DOJ Hacker Also Accessed Forensic Reports and State Department Emails
Joseph Cox reports: …. In a previous interview with Motherboard, the hacker who dumped details about 20,000 Federal Bureau of Investigation and 9,000 Department of Homeland Security employees claimed he had also downloaded around 200GB of internal government files. A number of other hacked files have been obtained by Motherboard, and include apparent digital forensics reports from…
“Cracka” arrested by U.K. police? (Updated)
William Turton reports that “Cracka” has been arrested: A 15-year-old boy was arrested in the East Midlands, England, on Tuesday, for allegedly hacking the personal email account of the CIA director and releasing the personal information of 11,000 government agents. The hacker known as “cracka” was arrested on multiple counts of suspicion of conspiracy to commit unauthorized…
Police: Harrison teacher’s website hacked
Joseph Paul reports: A Harrison High School student is suspected of hacking a teacher’s website and posting offensive content, officials said Wednesday. Tippecanoe School Corp. administrators discovered Monday night that the teacher’s classroom page — located within Harrison’s website — had been accessed without authorization, spokesperson Sue Scott said. The suspect appears to have “obtained the teacher’s password,” Scott said, posted “inappropriate and offensive…
NY: Troy CSD officials: Security breach may have threatened student information (UPDATED)
WRGB reports: School officials are working to determine the source of a security breach they say had the potential to put student information at risk. Administrators say they were alerted to a hack on a district server, and have reached out to police and a cyber-security firm to investigate the problem. District officials say they…