Kristian Silva reports: Queensland Police have made what is believed to be the state’s first bitcoin-related arrest. Police say about $110,000 worth of the digital currency was in the possession of Kingaroy man Shane Duffy, who is accused of hacking a US-based gaming network and selling player information to the highest bidder. […] Police allege…
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Cupid Media found culpable for password data breach
Paris Cowan reports: Australian online dating operator Cupid Media breached the Privacy Act last year when its lax security provisions were exploited by hackers and the personal details of up to 245,000 of its customers stolen, the Privacy Commissioner has found. Cupid Media operates a number of niche dating forums based on ethnicity, sexual orientation…
High school computer whiz, 16, criminally charged with hacking grades: A+ for effort?
John Luciew reports: One thing is clear, the 16-year-old sophomore at the center of an alleged grade and attendance-record hacking case in Orange, N.J., apparently has some mad computer skills and plenty of smarts for executing elaborate plans. If only the student would apply those academic assets to his or her school work, then perhaps…
UK: MP’s former aide admits encouraging police spouse to hack email
The Press Association reports: The former parliamentary secretary of Bradford West MP George Galloway has pleaded guilty to a charge of encouraging her police officer husband to obtain emails without consent. Aisha Ali-Khan, 33, who worked with the Respect MP, admitted the charge during a brief hearing at London’s Southwark Crown Court. Read more on…
Card Breaches at Car Washes
Brian Krebs reports: An investigation into a string of credit card breaches at dozens of car wash locations across the United States illustrates the challenges facing local law enforcement as they seek to connect the dots between cybercrime and local gang activity that increasingly cross multiple domestic and international borders. Read more on KrebsOnSecurity.com. Some of the…
Yo founder apologizes for hack – and hires one of his hackers
Alex Hern provides an update: Zero-character messaging app Yo has apologised for getting hacked – and has hired one of the hackers to improve its service. The app, which does nothing more than let users send each other “Yo’s” [sic], messages containing nothing but the word “Yo”, confirmed it was the victim of a hack on…