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Two hacker groups responsible for 60 percent of all publicly reported hacks

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Two hacker groups are behind 60% of all publicly reported cryptocurrency exchange hacks and are believed to have stolen around $1 billion worth of cryptocurrency, according to a report published last week by blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. “On average, the hacks we traced from the two prominent hacking groups stole $90 million…

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Russian Darknet Forum Selling Access to U.S. News Sites

Posted on February 4, 2019 by Dissent

M.H.n reports: Sixgill, an Israeli threat intelligence company, recently revealed that a Russian-language darknet forum has been selling access to the content management systems of a variety of news sites. According to the company, the illicit trade has been going on since October 2018. One bundle that the darknet website offered contained logins to 1,425…

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‘Inherently invasive’: FBI counter-hacking operations raise red flags over privacy

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Dissent

Jeff Mordock reports: To catch a hacker, sometimes you have to be a hacker. But when it’s the FBI doing the hacking, civil liberties groups get worried. The agency’s revelation this week that it joined a computer botnet attack piggybacking on the malware’s signal to track its activities has raised new questions about what is…

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Security firm identifies hacker behind Collection 1 leak, as Collection 2-5 become public

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: The threat intel team at Recorded Future, a US-based cyber-security firm, claims to have identified the hacker who assembled and then sold a massive collection of email addresses and passwords known as Collection #1. The company’s experts believe a hacker going online by the pseudonym of “C0rpz” is the person who rigorously…

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Fallout Over Hack by N. Koreans Hits Philippines Bank

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Dissent

Christine Stuart reports: Bangladesh’s central bank brought a federal complaint against one of the largest banks in the Philippines on Thursday to recover $80 million that it says was stolen from North Korean hackers. At the time it was stolen from Bangladesh Bank, says lawyer John Sullivan of Yehudah Gordon, the money was being held…

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UK: Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance fined over data law breach

Posted on February 2, 2019 by Dissent

Oliver Wright reports: The Brexit campaign group Leave.EU and an insurance company run by its founder Arron Banks are facing fines of £120,000 for data protection breaches. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is to fine Leave.EU £15,000 for unlawfully using Eldon Insurance customers’ details to send 300,000 political marketing messages, and a further £45,000 for…

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