Ross McCarthy reports that Charlton Floate, the teenage hacker who brought down FBI and Home Office websites from his family home in Solihull has avoided jail time: … in sentencing Floate to eight months suspended for 18 months Judge Steel said he had taken into account his age at the time he committed the offences, his remorse and…
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Islamist Hacker Defaces Brooklyn Sex Zine
Sam Biddle writes: In news that will shock and upset literally tens of people between Greenpoint and Crown Heights, a prolific Islamist hacker entity by the name Abdellah Elmaghribi has defaced Adult Magazine, an online blog about graduate students having sex. Abdellah Elmaghribi is a prolific website vandal, having taken down everything from UK soccer squads to a…
Feds charge Ardit Ferizi, a/k/a @Th3Dir3ctorY, with creating hit list of American military, govt employees for ISIS
Was a hack of a U.S. retailer used to develop an ISIL hit list of American military members and government employees? According to a federal complaint unsealed today, it appears it was. From the Department of Justice: Malaysian authorities have detained Kosovo citizen Ardit Ferizi in Malaysia on a U.S. provisional arrest warrant alleging that he provided…
Polish police detain unnamed computer hacker for hack of unnamed bank
A computer hacker who had infiltrated a Polish bank has been detained by the country’s police. The 31-year-old hacker allegedly broke into and stole data from the servers of an unnamed bank in Poland. “His arrest is the result of several months of work. Tomasz G. [name withheld under Polish privacy laws] had received several…
AZ: Hackers steal Streets of New York credit card data
Marc Martinez reports: It’s a popular Valley restaurant chain known for is pizza, but now “The Streets of New York” owners are dealing with a problem that is affecting its customers. The business fell victim to hackers who were able to steal credit card information from patrons. It doesn’t look like it was a large…
Lauri Love fights extradition to US for allegedly hacking U.S. govt agencies
Bethany Horne reports that as expected, Lauri Love will be fighting attempts to extradite him to the U.S. to face hacking charges. The US alleges Love is a “sophisticated computer hacker” loosely affiliated with the Anonymous hacker collective, and that he “secretly infiltrated” computer systems used by a long list of government agencies including the Federal Reserve,…