Update: Dow Jones is totally denying the story. The Register reports Dow Jones issued the following statement: “To the best of our knowledge, we have received no information from the authorities about any such alleged matter, and we are looking into whether there is any truth whatsoever to this report by a competitor news organization,” said Colleen…
Category: Hack
Hacker who crashed FBI and Home Office websites dodges immediate jail term
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…
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…