Chris Luo reports: The Anonymous group of computer hackers yesterday followed up on its threat made on Friday to release data from mainland government websites. It released hundreds of phone numbers and email addresses of the Ningbo Free Trade Zone in Zhejiang province and a job-search site run by the Changxing county administration, also in…
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OR: Data breach involving Employment Department WorkSource Oregon Management Information System may impact 1.3M Oregonians
Molly Young reports that a hack of the state’s Employment Department WorkSource Oregon Management Information System may impact 1.3 million Oregonians: The embattled Oregon Employment Department found itself back in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons Friday, after news surfaced of a security breach that may have affected as many as 1.3 million Oregonians. The breach, on…
Hackers cut deal to work for Cambodian gov’t
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea reported this on October 1: Two members of “hacktivist” group Anonymous Cambodia convicted of computer hacking yesterday will be spared further jail time. Instead, they have been ordered to put their “excellent” IT skills to use combating cybercrime in the Ministry of Interior. Bun King Mongkolpanha, 21, alias “Black Cyber”, and Chou…
Thousands of Snapchat images may have been hacked via a third-party image-saving service
David Meyer reports: The database of a Snapchat image-saving service — not associated with Snapchat itself — has allegedly been hacked, and the hackers have claimed on 4chan that they will make hundreds of thousands of Snapchat users’ private images and videos available in a searchable database. Read more on GigaOm.
Alleged Russian Cyber-Criminal Now Charged in 40-Count Superseding Indictment
A federal grand jury in Seattle returned a second superseding indictment late yesterday charging a Russian national with 11 additional counts and further detailing his alleged scheme to hack into businesses and steal credit card information for later sale over the Internet on “carding” websites. The now 40-count indictment alleges that Roman Valerevich Seleznev, aka…
UK: UCL investigates ’email hack’ after mysterious ‘bello’ message from President is sent to students (UPDATED)
Robin De Peyer reports: A leading London university today launched a cyber security investigation after students received a mystery email from its President saying simply: “bello”. The account of University College London‘s Michael Arthur sent out the message to an “all students” address last night – prompting ridicule from those who received it. Dozens of…