Yonhap News reports: McDonald’s Korea was given a fine of 696 million won (US$532,110) on Wednesday after the personal data of 4.87 million customers was leaked to hackers due to the firm’s lax data management. The Personal Information Protection Commission handed out the fine to the Korean branch of the American fast food chain, along…
Category: Of Note
BreachForums down, and will not be back
When BreachForums owner “Pompompurin” was arrested on March 15, forum members knew nothing about it until March 17, when Bloomberg broke the news. But BreachForums administrator “Baphomet” had suspected something was wrong and had already taken steps to secure the forum from law enforcement access. Since then, Baphomet, who took over ownership of the forum,…
MONTI ransomware gang leaks Donut Leaks (UPDATED)
In one of the more intriguing listings of this week, the MONTI ransomware group has added another group, Donut Leaks, to their leak site. The message reads: “stole 100,000 usd didn’t fulfill the terms of the deal” The listing then provides the login credentials to what is allegedly Donut Leaks’ admin cpanel. When tested on…
Was there a rush to arrest Pompompurin, the owner of BreachForums? If so, why?
When the owner of BreachForums was arrested this week, it was not a total surprise, but there were aspects to it that were curious. DataBreaches wonders whether this was a rushed operation in response to some possibly urgent concern. Bloomberg Law broke the news Friday that Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, aka “Pompompurin,” was arrested Wednesday, and…
Largest Crypto ATM manufacturer hacked over security hitch- Over $1.5m bitcoin (BTC) Stolen
Olivia Brooke reports: General Bytes, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency automated teller machine (ATM) manufacturers, experienced a security breach on the 17th and 18th of March. The hacker went on to liquidate 56.28 Bitcoins, which was valued at a staggering $1.5 million at the time of the attack. The stolen Bitcoins were taken from cryptocurrency ATM operators…
BREAKING: BreachForums owner “Pompompurin” arrested
Bob Van Voris and William Turton report: Federal agents have arrested a Peekskill, New York, man they say ran the notorious dark web data-breach site “BreachForums” under the name “pompompurin.” Conor Brian Fitzpatrick was arrested by a team of investigators at his home around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, FBI Special Agent John Longmire said in a…