On August 4, this site reported a stolen laptop containing background checks. The laptop belonged to SterlingBackcheck, and was stolen from an employee’s car. More details on the numbers are starting to emerge. Today, we learned that the firm updated its report to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s to indicate that 734 New Hampshire residents…
Category: U.S.
Marketwired, PR Newswire, Business Wire hacked in $US100m trading scam
AFP reports: An international team of computer hackers and stock traders was charged with pocketing more than $US100 million ($A138 million) in illicit profits based on stolen market-moving financial information, US officials announced Tuesday. The Department of Justice charged nine people in a criminal conspiracy with making more than $US30 million ($A41.43 million) in illegal…
‘ISIS leak HACKER’S GUIDE to hundreds of British and US military personnel’
Nick Gutteridge reports: Social media users claiming to be members of the extremist group say they have hacked computers belonging to the American military and harvested details including photographs, addresses and even credit card information of army, navy and state department figures. Most of the shocking release relates to American military and diplomatic personnel, however…
FBI catches swatter who said “you can’t catch a hacker”
Lee Munson reports: If you can’t do the time then you shouldn’t do the crime. And if you’re going to boast that you can’t get caught, you probably ought to be good at covering your tracks. At least, that’s the lesson I assume one Zachary Lee Morgenstern has learned. The Texan teenager has pleaded guilty to one…
Data Security Firm Hit With Suit Over Cyberattack
Marisa Kendall reports on another investor’s lawsuit: A Silicon Valley company that touted the security of its mobile platform is facing a shareholder class action related to a 2014 data breach. MobileIron Inc. sells software intended to help companies securely manage their employees’ mobile devices. A suit filed last week in Santa Clara County Superior…
China has been reading emails of top U.S. govt officials since 2010
Robert Windrem reports: China’s cyber spies have accessed the private emails of “many” top Obama administration officials, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official and a top secret document obtained by NBC News, and have been doing so since at least April 2010. The email grab — first codenamed “Dancing Panda” by U.S. officials, and then…