Ellen Nakashima reports: A major U.S. contractor that conducts background checks for the Department of Homeland Security has suffered a computer breach that likely resulted in the theft of employees’ personal information, officials said Wednesday. The company, USIS, said in a statement that the intrusion “has all the markings of a state-sponsored attack.” The breach,…
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Unconfirmed claim: Anonymous Iran hacks Israeli job site, leaks personal details of 70k users
Wagas reports: A group of Iranian hackers going with the handle of Islamic Cyber Resistance (ICRG), who call themselves Anonymous as well have claimed to breach an Israeli job (http://www.zerem.co.il/) website and leak personal details of 70,000 registered users. The breach was conducted under the banner of #OpSaveGaza. In an exclusive email conversation, hackers from Islamic…
Anonymous Says It Hacked the US Government Personnel Database Before China
FRUZSINA EÖRDÖGH reports: Chinese hackers made headlines last month for hacking into United States government servers in March, but they weren’t the only ones poking around on those servers: Anonymous claims it was too. In fact, a high-level member of Anonymous says the group hacked the same government servers targeted by the Chinese, except months beforehand, through a…
Russian Gang Amasses Over a Billion Stolen Credentials
Hold Security reports: After more than seven months of research, Hold Security identified a Russian cyber gang which is currently in possession of the largest cache of stolen data. While the gang did not have a name, we dubbed it “CyberVor” (“vor” meaning “thief” in Russian). The CyberVor gang amassed over 4.5 billion records, mostly…
Vibram’s hosting provider hacked; customers’ credit card numbers compromised
Vibram is notifying some customers that their third-party hosting provider was hacked and that customers making online purchases at vibramfivefingers.com between June 6 and July 7 may have had their credit card numbers compromised. As a result of the breach, the manufacturer and retailer of five-finger running shoes is taking its hosting business to another provider,…
Target’s Data Breach Is Going To Cost The Company Even More Than It Previously Thought
Myles Udland reports: Target’s data breach just got more expensive. In a statement, the retailer said its second quarter earnings will include a $148 million charge related to losses regarding the massive data breach which occurred during last year’s holiday shopping season. This is more than the company previously estimated. Read more on BusinessInsider