John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that STANLEY HUGOCHUKWU NWOKE, also known as “Stanley Banks,” “Banks,” “Hugo Banks,” “Banky,” and “Jose Calderon,” 28, a citizen of Nigeria, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in New Haven to 36 months of imprisonment for his role in…
Category: Phishing
U.S. indicts three over alleged phishing campaign targeting universities, businesses
Bradley Barth reports: The Department of Justice has indicted two Americans and a Nigerian on multiple charges for their alleged roles in a phishing scheme that targeted college employees, banks and other businesses from May 2013 through June 2014. Filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New Mexico, the indictment identifies the defendants as…
UK: Lancaster University students’ data stolen in phishing attack (Updated with arrest)
Updated statement on Lancaster University cyber incident by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA): A 25-year old man from Bradford has been arrested on suspicion of committing Computer Misuse Act (CMA) and fraud offences, following the recent cyber incident affecting Lancaster University. Officers from the NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) arrested the man on…
Hackers Publish List of Phished Discord Credentials
Joseph Cox reports: Earlier this week a group of hackers published a list of email addresses and passwords they say they phished from users of gaming chat platform Discord. The list is small, totalling in at only around 2,500 logins, but the news still acts as a reminder that Discord users need to remain vigilant…
Wise Health notifies almost 36,000 after phishing attack compromised employees’ email accounts
Last week, I read a breach notification from Wise Health in Texas, and I duly noted it in my monthly worksheet. Not all incidents logged in my worksheet get reported on the blog, but I do include them in my monthly statistical analyses. Today, however, I see that Wise Health reported the incident to HHS…
VA: Arlington Investigating Cyber Attack on County Payroll System
ARLNow reports: (Updated at 5:20 p.m.) Arlington County has revealed a cyber attack that penetrated the county’s payroll system. In a statement, the county says a number of employees were impacted by the intrusion, but did not specify the exact number or impacts. The intrusion appears to be the result of a “phishing” email targeting…