Iain Thomson reports: Iowa state lottery’s IT security boss hacked his employer’s computer system, and rigged the lottery so he could buy a winning ticket in a subsequent draw. On Tuesday, at the Polk County Courthouse in Des Moines, Iowa, the disgraced director of information security was found guilty of fraud. Eddie Tipton, 52, installed…
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Wicked WikiLeaks leaks considered harmful: Alert over malware lurking in dumped docs
Chris Williams reports: Documents laced with malware have been found in WikiLeaks.org’s cache of files obtained from hacked CIA wannabe Stratfor. Intelligence biz Stratfor was ransacked by Jeremy Hammond in late 2011, and its email archives passed to whistleblowing website WikiLeaks in early 2012. The Julian Assange™-led organization soon began distributing the archives using the BitTorrent file-sharing…
Indiana radio station hacked by Anonymous
WIVB reports: An Indiana radio station was apparently hacked Sunday evening. If you were tuning in to WXXR 97.3 in Terre Haute, you might have heard a message from “Anonymous.” “Anonymous” is an activist group that hacks websites, to express their views and messages. Around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, the FM signal was intercepted and a…
Sir Dave Brailsford fears Chris Froome critics have hacked Team Sky
Robert Woodward reports: Sir Dave Brailsford believes Team Sky’s computers have been hacked by critics who are sifting through Chris Froome’s performance data for signs he could be using performance-enhancing drugs. Brailsford is so concerned that he has consulted lawyers over the breach. Froome was repeatedly questioned during the 2013 Tour, which he won, about…
And now it’s four: Tulsa Zoo Possible Victim Of Credit Card Data Breach
Erik Payne reports: A credit card company that serves zoos and other cultural centers around the United States, including the Tulsa Zoo, is investigating a security breach of its systems. Service Systems Associates confirmed Wednesday it was a victim of the data breach, and said it has been working with law enforcement to investigate. The…
And then there were three: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo gift shop
Add the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo to the list of zoos whose gift shop customers are being notified of the third-party breach at Service Systems Associates. The Denver Post has this report. And now the CEO of SSA is saying that “several” means “fewer than a dozen.” So there may be more disclosures coming.