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The inside story of how British spies hacked Belgium’s largest telco, Belgacom

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Dissent

Ryan Gallagher reports: When the incoming emails stopped arriving, it seemed innocuous at first. But it would eventually become clear that this was no routine technical problem. Inside a row of gray office buildings in Brussels, a major hacking attack was in progress. And the perpetrators were British government spies. It was in the summer…

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Unencrypted Data Lets Thieves ‘Charge Anywhere’

Posted on December 9, 2014 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: Charge Anywhere LLC, a mobile payments provider, today disclosed that malicious software planted on its networks may have jeopardized credit card data from transactions the company handled between November 2009 and September 2014. In a statement released today, the South Plainfield, N.J. electronic payment provider said it launched investigation after receiving complaints about fraudulent…

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Kaspersky drops deets on Sony hacker malware

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Dissent

Darren Pauli report: Kaspersky bod Kurt Baumgartner has released more details into the Sony-plundering malware and links it to attacks on Saudi Aramco and South Korea. Research conducted in the wake of the epic Sony breach last month had connected those behind the attack known as the Guardians of Peace (GOP) with the 2012 hacking of Saudi Aramco by…

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VT: Holiday Motel in St. Johnsbury notifies customers of data security breach dating back to last year

Posted on December 5, 2014 by Dissent

On September 22, 2014, the Holiday Motel learned of potential unauthorized access to its computer systems. Upon discovering this issue, the Holiday Motel immediately launched an investigation into this matter and took steps to prevent any further unauthorized access. To assist with this investigation, independent computer forensic experts have been retained to review the Holiday…

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I think we’re running out of hashtags for how bad the Sony #databreach was (Update1)

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Dissent

It just gets more and more embarrassing for Sony. Here are just a few stories from today’s news: It Gets Worse: The Newest Sony Data Breach Exposes Thousands Of Passwords Sony Pictures hackers stole 47,000 social security numbers, including Sly Stallone’s SONY PICTURES HACK SPREADS TO DELOITTE: THOUSANDS OF AUDIT FIRM’S SALARIES ARE LEAKED Let the Congressional hearings…

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CORRECTED: Valve not hacked

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Dissent

CORRECTION and UPDATE: SLC Security, who originally claimed that Valve had been owned, has updated their post with the following statement: FRAUD ALERT: Domain’s (sic) posing as Valve Corp (Russian) UPDATE: We were contacted by the hosting provider Akamai and advised that the domain in the capture below is actually an imposter out of Russia….

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