Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: Police forces in Spain have raided several suspects linked to a cyberattack against the the union of the Catalan police Mossos D’Esquadra on Tuesday. That attack was carried out in May of last year by Phineas Fisher, a hacker who gained notoriety for exposing the secrets of spyware vendors FinFisher and Hacking Team. Several Spanish newspapers reported news…
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MLB fines Cardinals $2 million for computer hack
Brian Feldt reports: Major League Baseball on Monday afternoon ordered the St. Louis Cardinals to pay $2 million and turn over two 2017 draft selections to the Houston Astros as a result of a former Cardinals employee hacking the Astros’ computer system. The league’s decision also permanently banned Chris Correa, who was fired by the Cardinals in July 2015…
NYS A.G. Schneiderman Announces Settlement With Acer After Data Breach Exposed More Than 35,000 Credit Card Numbers
NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a settlement with Acer Service Corporation (“Acer”), a computer manufacturer based in Taiwan, after a data breach of its website exposed over 35,000 credit card numbers. An investigation by the A.G.’s office revealed that sensitive Acer customer information was not protected by Acer for almost…
WY: Hospital scammed for employee information (updated with other W-2 phishing incidents)
Update Feb. 2, 2017: The list for 2017 has been moved to its own post that will be updated as more incidents are reported. Original post: First it was Dracut Schools. Then it was Tipton County Schools and then Odessa School District whose employees had their SSN and information from W-2 forms acquired by criminals in phishing…
Has LeakedSource.com been raided by feds?
Zack Whittaker reports: LeakedSource, a for-profit breach notification site that helped break the news of some of last year’s largest data breaches, has apparently been raided by law enforcement. News of the raid, which can’t be confirmed at the time of writing, first broke on Thursday through a note posted on a vritual markets forum earlier in…
Google Removes Ransomware-Laden App From Play Store
Jai Vijayan reports: A ransomware sample that was recently discovered embedded in an Android application on Google Play Store suggests that threat actors may have found a dangerous new way to get extortion malware on mobile devices. The malware, dubbed Charger, is believed to be the first instance of ransomware being successfully uploaded to Google’s…