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…
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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,…
Peppermill Resort Spa & Casino discloses hack
Add Peppermill Resort Spa & Casino to the list of hospitality entities that were hacked last year but didn’t learn of it until this year. According to their notification letter of October 5, the hack involved their front desk system and resulted in the compromise of customers’ payment card information, including security codes. The hack…
Are Half of the Hacked Patreon Accounts Fake?
Brady Dale reports; t looks like hackers quietly siphoned data from Patreon, the site for financing creative people’s work via the crowd, for a very long time. That said, more than half the user emails found in the hack bear the markings that suggest they were likely fake accounts. Read more on Observer. Note that…
Someone Hacked Uniformed Services University and Leaked Their Credentials Online
Waqas reports: A hacker going with the online handle of Kuroi SH hacked and defaced several domains of the United States based Uniformed Services University and leaked 2014 login credentials online. Uniformed Services University (USU) is the country’s only Federal Health Sciences University whose primary mission is to prepare graduates for service to the U.S. at home…