Peter Lloyd reports: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) believes Indonesia was behind a breach of its computer network two years ago. It is the second report of a cyber attack on a key Australian Government department, after China was blamed earlier today for a breach at the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). The RBA will not confirm…
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After asking bank for $3 million ransom, hacker dumps massive customer financial database
Kevin Collier reports that “Hacker Buba,” the individual who allegedly hacked InvestBank in the UAE, has made good on his threat to dump customer bank data if the bank didn’t pay his extortion demand. The means by which that information was posted is striking. Hacker Buba initially tweeted from accounts like @investbank_2, though those were…
Hacker sent ‘death to the Jews’ text messages after breach in phone network
Paul Farrell reports: A hacker attempted to send more than 4m text messages saying “death to the Jews” by exploiting the network of a global telecommunications company. A Guardian investigation has revealed that data was stolen in 2013 as a result of unauthorised access to the systems of SMSGlobal, which provides messaging services for “some of the world’s…
China Accused Of ‘Massive’ Hack Into AU’s Bureau Of Meteorology
Chris Uhlmann reports: China is being blamed for a major cyber attack on the computers at the Bureau of Meteorology, which has compromised sensitive systems across the Federal Government. Multiple official sources have confirmed the recent attack, and the ABC has been told it will cost millions of dollars to plug the security breach, as other…
Armada Collective threatens Greek banks with DDoS if they don’t pay $7.2M ransom
Ashley Carman reports: Three unnamed Greek banks are the most recent victims of an extortion campaign in which a hacker group is attempting to fully take down their websites. The group, calling itself the Armada Collective, apparently made its first demand on Thursday of last week, at which point it also launched the first of…
Ca: Alberta Children’s Hospital privacy breach leads to 26 charges
CBC reports: A privacy breach at the Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary has resulted in 26 charges being laid against a staff member. The incident was investigated by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and the charges were laid under the Health Information Act. Read more on CBC News.