Iyke Aru reports: CEO of the Nigerian Bitcoin exchange, Naira4Dollar, Ejezie Sunday has allegedly had $15,000 worth of Bitcoins stolen from his company’s wallet on blockchain.info. Hackers are getting more sophisticated, and recovering stolen funds is a complicated procedure. Sunday told CoinTelegraph: “We ran out of stock on Tuesday March 15, 2016, and had to buy $15,000 worth of Bitcoins, valued at…
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Animal rights hacktivists attack Japanese tourism site, dump tables, visitor data
Over on HackRead, Waqas notes that hacktivists under the banner of Anonymous have attacked a Japanese site (visit-jy.com), operated by the Japan’s Yamaguchi Prefecture Tourism Promotion Division. The vulnerable url involved the Akiyoshidai Safari Land – a zoo where tourists can Observe animals closely in a near natural environment. There is open space to come in touch with cute…
Security researcher investigating Bangladesh central bank cyber-heist kidnapped? (UPDATED)
Researching and reporting on data breaches has always had some element of risk attached. You can get accused of hacking, or you can get threatened with litigation. In Brian Krebs’s case, you can find yourself swatted. Or in my case, you can get threatened with infection of HIV. But with the exception of swatting, the rest pales…
How Pirates And Hackers Worked Together To Steal Millions Of Dollars In Diamonds
Joseph Bernstein reports: Late on a Friday afternoon in early 2015, Chris Novak got a strange call. As the director of Verizon’s investigative response team, he was accustomed to desperate corporations dialing into the group’s 24-7 hotline to stanch the bleeding caused by cybersecurity crises — credit card fraud, financial fraud, intellectual property theft. “We…
In: Firm director remanded in data theft case
TNN reports: The directory of a company has been remanded in judicial custody for 14 days in the data theft case. Sunil Verma of M/s GC Associates was produced in a local court and remanded in judicial custody, said inspector H S Sekhon of cyber cell. “We have seized all relevant gadgets through which data…
NZ: Privacy review at Wellington Hospital after staffer caught snooping on records
Back in December, I noted an alleged breach at Wellington Hospital that was being investigated, but the name of the employee wasn’t provided, so it’s not clear whether that report is related to a new report out today by Ben Weather: A Wellington Hospital staff member has left after being caught accessing 33 patients’ records….