Is a young man’s prosecution in Australia somehow connected to hacking charges filed against Lauri Love in the U.S.? It may be. This is Part 2 of a series, “Three men affiliated with Anonymous Australia facing jail time.” Part 1 described the case of Mathew Hutchison (“Rax”). In this part, DataBreaches.net looks at the prosecution of “Absantos,” whose…
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US seeks extradition of British man charged with hacking
AP reports: A British man accused of hacking into U.S. government computer networks and stealing sensitive and confidential information was arrested in England on Wednesday, and U.S. prosecutors said they will attempt to have him brought to New Jersey. Lauri Love, of Stradishall, England, has been charged with hacking into agencies including the U.S. Army,…
Indiana radio station hacked by Anonymous
WIVB reports: An Indiana radio station was apparently hacked Sunday evening. If you were tuning in to WXXR 97.3 in Terre Haute, you might have heard a message from “Anonymous.” “Anonymous” is an activist group that hacks websites, to express their views and messages. Around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, the FM signal was intercepted and a…
More than 70 targeted in global takedown of hacker forum Darkode
Devlin Barrett reports: U.S. authorities Wednesday announced a global dismantling of a notorious hacker forum called Darkode, targeting more than 70 people in what they called the largest global law-enforcement effort ever undertaken against an online criminal forum. Police in 20 countries charged, arrested, or searched dozens of alleged Darkode members or associates, officials said….
Bulgaria busts ‘Middle East Cyber Army’ hacker
The Sofia Globe reports: A Syrian national living in Bulgaria has been detained in an operation by police and prosecutors against hacker group “Middle East Cyber Army” that allegedly attacked more than 3500 websites around the world, placing messages in English and Arabic regarding the attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Read more on The Sofia…
Epic Games forum hacked – change your online passwords, an beware of phishing
Graham Cluley has more about this on HotforSecurity. I wish entities wouldn’t put “we’re down for maintenance” types of messages on their sites when they’re really investigating or attempting to remediate breaches.