A Hyundai Capital data breach disclosed in April is resulting in consequences from South Korea’s financial regulator. Yonhap News Agency reports: South Korea’s financial regulator decided Wednesday to punish Hyundai Capital Services Inc. for lax computer system maintenance, which led to a major hacking attack at the biggest local consumer finance firm. The Financial Supervisory…
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France’s official P2P monitoring firm hacked
Dan Goodin reports: The French government has temporarily suspended its reliance on the company designated to monitor file-sharing networks for copyright scofflaws following reports that a hack on its servers may have leaked sensitive information. Eric Walter, France’s secretary general of internet piracy, made the announcement over Twitter on Tuesday, saying that Hadopi, short for…
Teenage duo sentenced over credit card Ghostmarket
Dan Goodin has more about a case mentioned yesterday on this blog. Two UK teenagers received sentences for repeated hack attacks that stole credit card data and took one online webhost offline. Zachary Woodham, 19, and Louis Tobenhouse, 18, pleaded guilty to the online offenses in late December, members of the Metropolitan Police Service’s Police…
UK: Computer hacker who ruined stranger’s internet business ‘for a game’ and stole bank account details is spared jail
A computer hacker who ruined a man’s internet firm ‘for a game’ and was caught with thousands of stolen bank account details has been spared jail – so he can carry on studying for his degree in law. Sussex University student Zachary Woodham, 19, bragged online about how easy it was to take control of…
Hackers access 25,000 customers’ details from video game developer
Barry Neild reports: Hackers have broken into the vaults of the Japanese video games developer, Square Enix, accessing the details of 25,000 customers in the second major data breach to hit the gaming world in recent weeks. The software house, which is behind some of the world’s most successful computer game franchises, including Final Fantasy,…
(update) Eidos confirms website hack, email addresses and resumes stolen
Graham Cluley writes: Eidos has revealed that resumes of job hunters and email addresses of video game fans have been stolen by hackers in an attack on the Eidos and “Deus Ex: Human Revolution” websites. Square Enix, the parent company of Eidos, confirmed the hack in a PDF press release. Read more on Sophos.