The Daily Mail reports: Nineteen major railway stations across Britain including ten in London have been hit by a major cyber attack impacting their public wi-fi systems for passengers. Network Rail confirmed London Euston, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street, Birmingham New Street and Glasgow Central were among those impacted. British Transport Police launched an investigation after travellers logging into…
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Defendants Sentenced for Global Darknet Conspiracy
Defendants Sold Stolen Financial Information from Tens of Thousands of Victims Worldwide KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A citizen of Nigeria, who was extradited from the United Kingdom, was sentenced in federal court yesterday for his involvement in a conspiracy to sell stolen financial information on the darknet from tens of thousands of victims from around…
Hacker selling Dell employees’ data after a second alleged data breach
Shweta Sharma reports: Dell Technologies has allegedly suffered two data breaches since Thursday amounting to a breach of over 3.5GB of data belonging to at least 10,000 company employees. A hacker using the alias “grep” had claimed the first breach by posting a sample of the stolen dataset on BreachForums for free, offering a full…
NY: Keuka Colllege claims it is uncertain whether PII affected in attack by LockBit; but why?
Note: The following press release from Keuka College does not mention that this attack was claimed by LockBit in May and added to LockBit’s leak site in August. Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Keuka College has learned of a data security incident that may have involved personal information. On April 25, 2024, the College identified suspicious activity…
Chinese state hackers infiltrated thousands of smart devices in the Netherlands
NL Times reports: Chinese hackers have hacked into over 2,700 devices in the Netherlands as part of a global hack, the National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) reported after warnings from the American and British authorities. The hackers are allegedly affiliated with the Chinese State and want to use the over 260,000 devices they hacked globally for large-scale cyber attacks….
He sold databases of thousands of users: the police of Dnipropetrovsk region detained the hacker
The following is an automated machine (Google) translation of a press release from the Ukrainian cyberpolice: The cyber police of Dnipropetrovsk region together with the investigators of the Investigative Department of the GUNP in the region, under the procedural guidance of the Dnipropetrovsk regional prosecutor’s office, exposed and stopped the illegal activities of a 25-year-old…