Craig Clough reports: The non-profit group behind the Vergara lawsuit, Students Matter, said its website was hacked over the weekend to display “vulgar and disgusting language.” The website as of this afternoon displayed the message, “We are temporarily Under Construction.” Students Matter sent out information about the hack in its regular newsletter Monday. Read more on…
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DOJ: Cyber extortionists targeting hedge funds
Kaja Whitehouse reports: The government is working with “several” hedge funds that have been victims of cyber extortionists, said John Carlin, head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division. Carlin made the comments Friday at the SALT hedge fund conference in Las Vegas, where he came to warn the crowd, made up of hedge fund…
Follow-Up: How the University of Sydney Was Hacked
Back in February, we noted a hack involving the University of Sydney. A young hacker named “Abdilo” claimed responsibility for it and noted that he had exploited an Orsee vulnerability. Last week, Chris Howell of Honi Soit followed up on the breach: Closer to home, a reliance on security through obscurity seems to be partially responsible for…
Hack of RE/MAX Twin City Realty agent’s gmail account costs young home buyer $10K – and they refuse to make it right
Sean O’Shea reports that when a realtor’s gmail account was hacked, it cost a home purchaser $10,000 – $10,000 that the agent and her realty firm won’t compensate. The young home buyer, Kaitlyn DiMarco, says that after she purchased a home, she received an email – purportedly from her realtor – telling her that it would cost $10,000…
VA: Twins indicted for hacking, wire fraud, and ID theft
On April 30, the Department of Justice announced the indictment of twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, 23, of Springfield, Virginia. They were charged with aggravated identity theft, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to access a protected computer without authorization, access of a protected computer without authorization, conspiracy to access a government computer without authorization, false…
University of Illinois hacked?
After a period of relative quiet, it appears that the hacker known as “JM511” is back and busy. According to some tweets last night, the University of Illinois has been hacked via SQL injection: What’s happening? #JM511 I got #SqL_injection#blind On: ? http://t.co/qeD2Z3o8HN I’m Ur #nightmare @Illinois_Alma pic.twitter.com/wtIVjSzlt8 — JM511 Hacker☠ (@JM511) May 5, 2015 A screencap from the…