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Interpol alerted as teenage hacker from Perth flees to Europe

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Dissent

Richard Guilliatt reports: A teenage computer hacker from Perth who faces 25 charges relat­ing to alleged attacks on Microsoft and the US army has absconded overseas, prompting Australian authorities to alert Interpol. The 19 year-old — yet to face trial despite being charged two years ago —  has told The Weekend Australian he moved to Europe last…

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UC Berkeley announces another data breach

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Dissent

Their announcement: UC Berkeley officials announced today (Thursday, April 30) that they are sending alert notices to current students and other individuals regarding a computer data breach that may have resulted in unauthorized access to their Social Security numbers or other personal information. There is no evidence that such information has actually been used, but…

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NY: Credit card numbers stolen from DeCicco’s in Ardsley

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Dissent

Ernie Garcia reports: Hackers stole customers’ credit card numbers from the DeCicco’s supermarket in Ardsley. The cyber-attack is believed to have occurred around April 17 because two customers contacted the store about suspicious activity on their cards, said Danielle Thomas, DeCicco’s legal clerk. After the customers’ calls, staff in the store reported that they too…

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SendGrid Update on Security Incident and Additional Security Measures

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Dissent

David Campbell of SendGrid provides an update on a breach I had missed. It’s a very well-written disclosure and update if anyone is looking for a good model. Here’s how it begins: On April 8, the SendGrid account of a Bitcoin-related customer was compromised and used to send phishing emails. We initially believed that this…

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Russian Hackers Read Obama’s Unclassified Emails, Officials Say

Posted on April 26, 2015 by Dissent

Michael S. Schmidt and David E. Sanger report: Some of President Obama’s email correspondence was swept up by Russian hackers last year in a breach of the White House’s unclassified computer system that was far more intrusive and worrisome than has been publicly acknowledged, according to senior American officials briefed on the investigation. Read more on…

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Out of prison and off the Internet

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Dissent

Remember Higinio Ochoa (“w0rmer” or @Anonwormer) of Cabin Cr3w? This site had reported on some of their hacking activities back in the day. “Back in the day” meaning before Ochoa was arrested and went to prison. Alex Goldman has a story on Digg about Ochoa’s life as an offline programmer following his release from prison. You young…

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