The following notice was posted on The Straight Dope on January 7: Important Message about your Straight Dope Account and Password Our security team recently discovered that the Straight Dope message board forum was targeted and hacked. This resulted in the illegal acquisition of message board users’ information, namely usernames, email addresses, and Straight Dope…
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Internet Scammers Change Some Boston University Direct Deposit Accounts
Rich Barlow reports: Apparently using a common internet deception called phishing, scammers obtained log-in information allowing them to change direct deposit routing information for the paychecks of 10 BU employees in December. The employees’ monthly paychecks were then routed elsewhere. […] Shamblin says that users of suspicious internet protocol (IP) addresses gained access to the…
AU: Schoolboy hacks Public Transport Victoria website
Adam Carey reports: Personal information about public transport users in Victoria has been exposed to potential identity theft because government authority Public Transport Victoria failed to secure its website. The security flaw in the PTV website was discovered by schoolboy Joshua Rogers, 16, who used a simple hacking technique to unearth a database containing the…
PA: Waiter skimmed customers’ cards
Amanda Christman reports that a man who waited tables at the Jumbo China Buffet in Hazle Township skimmed customers’ credit and debit card numbers. Read more on CitizensVoice. Probably wasn’t a great idea on his part to skim some police officers’ cards….
Georgia man indicted in inmate identity theft scheme
Associated Press reports that Qadir Shabazz of Atlanta has been indicted by a grand jury on charges he used prisoners’ personal information in a nationwide ID theft scheme involving fraudulent tax returns. Officials say Shabazz and co-conspirators operated a business named “Indigent Inmate” and distributed information to prisoners in facilities across the country. Inmates were…
Alleged Snapchat hackers explain how and why they leaked data on 4.6 million accounts
Chris Ziegler reports: The individual or team claiming responsibility for SnapchatDB has responded to The Verge‘s requests for comment the morning after the database went online, containing a leaked collection of some 4.6 million apparent Snapchat usernames and partial phone numbers. “Our motivation behind the release was to raise the public awareness around the issue, and also put…