Bob Diachenko of HackenProof.com reports: Kars4Kids is a charity that asks people to donate their cars, motorcycles, RVs, and real estate. They are most known for their nationwide advertising using their hypnotic theme song where a child and a Johny Cash impersonator sing the phone number and invites people to donate their cars today. On…
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Romanian hacker “Guccifer” extradited to U.S. to finish prison sentence: Reports
Andrew Blake reports: Marcel Lehel Lazar, a prolific computer hacker known as “Guccifer,” has been extradited to the United States to finish serving a prison sentence related to a cybercrime spree credited with exposing Hillary Clinton’s use of a personal email account while secretary of state, outlets in his native Romania reported Monday. Romania’s Alba…
Computers and voter data stolen from California Democrat’s office in brazen Election Day burglary
Tana Ganeva reports: Democratic candidate for California Senate had her office broken into and sensitive voter information stolen, reports the Merced Sun Star. The burglary occurred on Election Day, as California voters headed to the polls. Read more on RawStory.
FIFA hack threatens further embarrassment to football’s governing body
Tom Macaulay reports: The computer systems of FIFA have been hacked once again and the football federation is braced for more damaging leaks of confidential information. FIFA officials have admitted the hack and expect that a series of stories will promptly be published based on a set of internal documents that were originally obtained by the…
CA: Data breach may have exposed personal information of 3,000 Girl Scouts of Orange County
Children’s medical alerts and health conditions may be breached in so many ways outside of the healthcare sector. Schools, sports clubs, camps, and yes, boy scouts and girl scouts, are just some of the organizations that may hold sensitive information that gets breached, with no report needed to HHS. Alejandra Reyes-Velarde reports: Members of the…
Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations pays hacker $20K in bitcoin after massive data breach, sources say
Jason Warick reports: The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations recently paid more than $20,000 to an anonymous hacker who breached its computer system, CBC News has learned. The revelation surfaces as hundreds of delegates gather in Saskatoon on Wednesday and Thursday to elect a new FSIN chief and two vice-chiefs. Read more on CBC.