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.
Category: Hack
Dutch photojournalist convicted; misused leaked login credentials and shared the info on WhatsApp
Janene Van Jaarsveldt reports: A 22 year old freelance 112 photo journalist from Drunen has been found guilty of computer intrusion after he found login details of a secure system online, used it to log in to the system and then spread the information. The court in Oost-Brabant sentenced him to 80 hours of community…
Hacker Gets 13 Years in Prison for Massive International ID Theft
There’s an important update in the case that involved Court Ventures/U.S. Info/Experian, and Dun & Bradstreet, although the government doesn’t name the businesses in its press release. James Eng reports: A Vietnamese national was sentenced to 13 years in prison for hacking into U.S. businesses’ computers, stealing personally identifiably information (PII), and selling to other cybercriminals his fraudulently-obtained…
More details on the Napa & Sonoma winery e-commerce breach
Sarah Stierch has some additional stats on the Missing Link Network eCellar breach that affected so many wineries: According to the California Department of Justice and Napa Valley Register, over 70 Napa Valley, Sonoma County and Santa Cruz County wineries were victims of an April cybercrime attack. The attack was recognized in late May. Mysterious…
Sir Dave Brailsford fears Chris Froome critics have hacked Team Sky
Robert Woodward reports: Sir Dave Brailsford believes Team Sky’s computers have been hacked by critics who are sifting through Chris Froome’s performance data for signs he could be using performance-enhancing drugs. Brailsford is so concerned that he has consulted lawyers over the breach. Froome was repeatedly questioned during the 2013 Tour, which he won, about…
Sony Hacking Lawsuit Claims ID Theft Already Happening To Ex-Employees
Dominic Patten reports: Thousands of dollars in unauthorized credit card charges, attempts to open accounts under their names, and personal data showing up all over the Internet are just a few of the claims that Michael Corona, Christina Mathis and others are making in court documents filed last week. The former Sony Pictures staff members are saying…