MMA Weekly reports: At least two of the hackers that were recently snagged in a two-year sting operation by the FBI were involved in the hacking of UFC.com [Ultimate Fighting Championship] and company president Dana White’s personal information. Mir Islam, aka “JoshTheGod,” and a 15-year-old hacker from California that goes by the moniker “CosmoTheGod,” were reportedly two of…
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Breach at beer distributor results in hundreds of compromised card numbers being used nationwide
Target 11 in Pittsburgh reports hundreds of credit and debit cards have been compromised by a security breach at a Washington, Pa., beer distributor, Six Pack Charlie’s. The distributor’s card payment system was breached somehow, but details are not yet available.
More on the hack of Israel’s court system
More details are emerging on the significant data security breach involving Israel’s court system.
Hacker suspected of stealing scores of court documents claims no hacking required to access files
Eli Senyor and Maor Buchnik report: The police have arrested Moshe Halevi, 40, from Acre, for allegedly hacking into one of the Israeli courts’ databases and accessing thousands of case files, some of which contain classified information. Two additional suspects were arrested as well. One of the suspects, Attorney Boaz Guttman, is a former high-ranking…
The Apple UDIDs were stolen from us – BlueToad
Kerry Sanders and Bob Sullivan report that Florida publishing firm BlueToad has stated that the database of Apple UDID’s stolen by AntiSec came from its servers. According to Sullivan: Blue Toad is a little-known privately held company, but its technology touches millions of users around the world. It provides private-label digital edition and app-building services…
Guild Wars 2 officials say ongoing password attack affects 11,000 accounts
Dan Goodin reports: Password crackers have hacked more than 11,000 accounts belonging to players of the popular game Guild Wars 2, in part by using credentials siphoned from an unknown fan site that was recently compromised, game officials said. Officials with Guild Wars 2 developer ArenaNet recently began the practice of proactively e-mailing customers when someone logs into an account…