Natasha Bertrand reports: In light of recent hacks, you might be interested in the groups that pose the greatest threats to our cybersecurity. Ironically, the hacker groups that you should be afraid of also have the least intimidating names. Deep Panda, Putter Panda, and Flying Kitten have been listed by security technology firm CrowdStrike as the groups to…
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MA: Apologetic New Bedford hacker gets 4-year jail sentence
Milton J. Valencia reports that recidivist hacker Cameron Lacroix (aka “cam0,” “Freak,” and “leetjones”) was sentenced to four years in prison for a variety of hacking crimes that included accessing the computer accounts of three professors at Bristol Community College in New Bedford and changing grades for himself and two friends hacking into a local police chief’s…
S. Sudan says it will not expel Chinese company officials
Sudan Tribune reports: South Sudan has vowed not to expel any member of Huawei, a Chinese technological company it accused of allegedly forging documents on behalf of its information minister. This comes a day after the country’s authorities ordered an investigation into allegations that Huawei had hacked its systems. Read more on Sudan Tribune.
MN: Big Deals Media tells users to change passwords following hack
KEYC reports that Big Deals Media has e-mailed its users to alert them that their information may be in the hands of hackers. Big Deals says hackers could have gotten ahold of customer names, email addresses and account passwords, but unlike other breaches affecting companies across the country, they didn’t access financial information. Read more on KEYC.
Saudi hacker claims to have leaked Israeli gift store customer data online
Waqas writes: A Saudi hacker going with the handle of @security_511 / on Twitter has claimed to hack a private online Israeli gift store and leak credit card details of customers on the web. After scanning the data, we have found out full usernames of credit/debit card owners with their phone numbers, addresses, date of birth, card type, card numbers, expiration date and…
South Korean Internet Regulator Confirms Data Breach at Popular Video Sharing Site
James Lim reports: Pandora TV Co. Ltd., the South Korea-based operator of the country’s biggest video sharing website, lost 114,707 pieces of personal information during two confirmed intrusions in September, an official at the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) told Bloomberg BNA Oct. 22. “Based on what we have found so far, 7.4 million pieces of…