Kristian Silva reports that a Queensland man accused of hacking a US-based video game company’s computer network has been charged after a joint investigation between local police and the FBI. But wait, there’s not much more that they can report, it seems: For privacy reasons police said they couldn’t release the name of the video game company…
Category: Hack
Payroll processor hack affects at least two clients’ employees
The breach at payroll processor BenefitMall (formerly Compupay) that affected Kenerson Associates also affected the Tribeca Film Institute, according to this notification to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office and to affected employees. If anyone sees other notifications from other affected clients, please let me know and I’ll add them here.
EA Games website hacked to steal Apple IDs
Netcraft reports: An EA Games server has been compromised by hackers and is now hosting a phishing site which targets Apple ID account holders. The compromised server is used by two websites in the ea.com domain, and is ordinarily used to host a calendar based onWebCalendar 1.2.0. This version was released in September 2008 and contains several security vulnerabilities…
Sites selling stolen credit card numbers hacked
Paul Ziobro reports: Not even hackers are immune to hacking. Websites that were used to sell credit card data stolen in the massive holiday data breach at Target Corp. were themselves shut down by unknown culprits Monday. “Hi subhumans and miscreants, your fraud site is gone now. Go away,” reads the first line of a message posted on rescator.so and rescator.cm,…
KR: KT sued over data leaking
Kim Jung-Yoon reports: The Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice (CCEJ) is filing a public interest lawsuit against the nation’s No. 2 mobile carrier, KT, over leaked personal information. It is claiming damages of 1 million won ($933) per customer. The CCEJ held a press conference in front of KT headquarters in Gwanghwamun, central Seoul, yesterday…
Notorious hacker “Diabl0” caught in Bangkok
From the Bangkok Post: Infamous international hacker Farid Essebar was arrested on Tuesday following a joint operation between Thai and Swiss authorities who have been tracing the man for more than two years….. The 27-year-old Russian citizen is wanted on a computer crime charges arrest warrant in Switzerland. He is accused of cracking banking computer…