Is a young man’s prosecution in Australia somehow connected to hacking charges filed against Lauri Love in the U.S.? It may be. This is Part 2 of a series, “Three men affiliated with Anonymous Australia facing jail time.” Part 1 described the case of Mathew Hutchison (“Rax”). In this part, DataBreaches.net looks at the prosecution of “Absantos,” whose…
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Wicked WikiLeaks leaks considered harmful: Alert over malware lurking in dumped docs
Chris Williams reports: Documents laced with malware have been found in WikiLeaks.org’s cache of files obtained from hacked CIA wannabe Stratfor. Intelligence biz Stratfor was ransacked by Jeremy Hammond in late 2011, and its email archives passed to whistleblowing website WikiLeaks in early 2012. The Julian Assange™-led organization soon began distributing the archives using the BitTorrent file-sharing…
Accused Hacker Kingpin in Plea Talks With U.S. Over ATM Scam
Christie Smythe reports: A Turkish man accused by the U.S. of masterminding a scheme that siphoned tens of millions of dollars from automated teller machines around the globe is negotiating a plea deal, prosecutors said. Ercan Findikoglu, known as the “Predator,” has been held in a federal jail in New York since he was extradited…
More than 70 targeted in global takedown of hacker forum Darkode
Devlin Barrett reports: U.S. authorities Wednesday announced a global dismantling of a notorious hacker forum called Darkode, targeting more than 70 people in what they called the largest global law-enforcement effort ever undertaken against an online criminal forum. Police in 20 countries charged, arrested, or searched dozens of alleged Darkode members or associates, officials said….
Bulgaria busts ‘Middle East Cyber Army’ hacker
The Sofia Globe reports: A Syrian national living in Bulgaria has been detained in an operation by police and prosecutors against hacker group “Middle East Cyber Army” that allegedly attacked more than 3500 websites around the world, placing messages in English and Arabic regarding the attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Read more on The Sofia…
New German cyber security law to protect critical infrastructure
Neil Ford explains: Germany has passed a new IT security law requiring critical infrastructure institutions to implement minimum information security practices or face fines of up to €100.000. The new law, which was drafted last August, was passed by the Bundestag last month and has now been passed by Germany’s upper house, the Bundesrat. It gives…