There’s someone else I need to follow, as he/they seems to be hacking a number of universities and colleges. In a post on Pastebin yesterday, @MarxistAttorney (web site) claimed a number of hacks, including, California State University, University of Kentucky, University of Connecticut, University of Maryland, Coastal Carolina University, and Abertay University. For each entity, there…
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Out of site, but not off the dark web
According to Belsec Blog, Rex Mundi republished “thousands of Belgian data” on Tor. While a few of the hacks the blog refers to have been previously mentioned on DataBreaches.net, some of them are news to me:
Report: UK police arrest Lizard Squad member
Brian Crecente reports: A self-professed member of the Lizard Squad was arrested this week by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit in England, according to documents obtained by two publications and a Thames Valley Police press release. […] Independent investigative journalist Brian Krebs, who covers internet security news on his website Krebs on Security, posted…
Felony charges for Georgia Tech student who hacked U. Georgia network
Joe Johnson reports: A Clarke County grand jury recently indicted a Georgia Tech student for allegedly hacking into the University of Georgia’s computer network to post a message prior to the annual rivalry football game between the Bulldogs and Yellow Jackets. Ryan Gregory Pickren, 21, was charged with felony computer trespass for making the posting…
Target Hackers Hit OneStopParking.com
Brian Krebs reports: Parking services have taken a beating this year at the hands of hackers bent on stealing credit and debit card data. This week’s victim — onestopparking.com — comes compliments of the same organized crime gang thought to be responsible for stealing tens of millions of card numbers from shoppers at Target and Home Depot. Read more on…
FBI briefed on alternate Sony hack theory
Tal Kopan reports: FBI agents investigating the Sony Pictures hack were briefed Monday by a security firm that says its research points to laid-off Sony staff, not North Korea, as the perpetrator — another example of the continuing whodunit blame game around the devastating attack. Even the unprecedented decision to release details of an ongoing FBI investigation…