Susan Edelman and Philip Messing report: A hacker stole the paychecks from four FDNY firefighters by breaking into a computer at their engine company, stealing their passwords — and then routing the dough to Russia, sources said on Wednesday. The firefighters, from Staten Island’s Engine Co. 167, discovered that their paychecks hadn’t been direct-deposited into…
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Hackers Steal Usernames And Passwords Of 5,000 Government Recruiters From NSA And Other Services
Giuseppe Macri reports: Hackers responsible for stealing the account information of 5,000 government recruiters on GovJobs.com may be preparing to impersonate recruiters and gain access to classified information with the credentials of clearance-holding job seekers. California security firm IntelCrawler discovered the security compromise of usernames, emails and passwords belonging to recruiters from every military service, multiple…
Student Freya Newman pleads guilty to hacking Frances Abbott design scholarship files
There’s an update to this incident. Nicola Berkovic reports that Freya Newman pleaded guilty. She faces up to two years in jail when she’s sentenced next month.
Home Depot notifies New Hampshire of breach
This just in: Hogan Lovells, attorneys for Home Depot, sent the New Hampshire Attorney General a notification of the breach. Their letter, dated September 9, reiterates that they first learned of a possible breach on September 2 and confirmed it on September 9. Home Depot still doesn’t have exact numbers, it seems. The letter says…
300,000 K Box users’ information hacked and leaked by hackers protesting toll charges increase
Irene Tham reports: Attempts to fix the website of troubled karaoke bar chain K Box after the personal data of over 300,000 customers was exposed on Tuesday have led to the website being intermittently unavailable today. A company representative said its technical staff has been testing its computer systems, but did not provide details. […]…
Hackers-for-hire raided 300 banks, corporates for TWELVE YEARS
Darren Pauli reports: A band of hackers for hire have raided some 300 banks, corporations and governments undetected for 12 years, possibly the longest campaign of its kind. The German hackers registered 800 front businesses in the UK to target and fully compromise organisations in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria at the request of customers. Elite…