Aruna Viswanatha and Del Quentin Wilber report: The Justice Department has identified more than six members of the Russian government involved in hacking the Democratic National Committee’s computers and swiping sensitive information that became public during the 2016 presidential election, according to people familiar with the investigation. Read more on The Wall Street Journal.
Category: Miscellaneous
NY: Catholic Charities’ server hacked, possibly as early as 2015
Paul Nelson reports: The personal information of about 4,600 past and present clients and several employees of Catholic Charities may have been exposed after a computer server in the Glens Falls office was hacked, according to Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Albany. It sounds like the hacked server contained some medical information on the…
Whois Maintainer Accidentally Makes Password Hashes Available For Download
Tom Spring reports: The regional internet registrar that administers IP addresses for the Asia Pacific region accidentally leaked Whois database data, including hashed passwords, forcing it to reset all passwords for objects in its Whois database. According to Asia Pacific Network Information Center (APNIC), the organization that maintains domains for the region, it experienced a…
AU: Financial records, kids names, charity money stolen
Jacob Miley reports: Parents and workers at a child care centre broken into overnight say they’re disappointed more than anything. About $200 of charity money was taken, along with a back up hard drive with all the children’s names and the business’s financial records on it. Centre director Angela Watson said she was certain the…
North Korea Hackers Step Up Bitcoin Attacks
Yuji Nakamura and Sam Kim report: North Korea appears to be stepping up efforts to secure bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which could be used to avoid trade restrictions including new sanctions approved by the United Nations Security Council. Hackers from Kim Jong Un’s regime are increasing their attacks on cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea and…
AU: Blood Service escapes penalties in data breach investigation
Allie Coyne reports: The Australian Red Cross Blood Service and its website contractor have escaped penalties from the country’s privacy watchdog over a 2016 data breach that exposed the data of 550,000 donors. In late October last year the Blood Service revealed its website partner Precedent had inadvertently exposed a 1.74GB database backup containing 1.28 million…