There’s an update to an arrest noted last year on this site. From the U.S. Department of Justice: A citizen of Nigeria residing in Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to 78 months in prison yesterday for his role in an international cyber fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal…
Russia’s Sberbank Denies New Data Leak Affected At Least One Million Data Lines
Ulmer Jamshaid reports: Russia’s Sberbank refuted in comments to Sputnik on Thursday reports that about one million rows of client data had been leaked in a new incident of an alleged breach. On Wednesday, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported that the personal data of Sberbank clients had reappeared on the black market, including their passport details,…
False-flag hackers present a major security concern
This goes to the point I was making the other day about the risk of hackback when your attribution can be all wrong: an editorial by Financial Times begins: In the sordid world of cyber war, there is no such thing as professional courtesy. That was the finding of a report this week, which said…
White House kicks infosec team to curb in IT office shakeup
Sean Gallagher reports: An internal White House memo published today by Axios reveals that recent changes to the information operations and security organizations there have left the security team in tumult, with many members headed for the door. And the chief of the White House’s computer network defense branch—who wrote the memo after submitting his…
WI: Capital One says ‘No personal cardholder data was accessed’ in Menards fraud issue
Rhonda Foxx reports: Capital One has responded to the recent counterfeit fraud activity some Menards card holders experienced, previously reported on by Local 5. A spokesperson with Capital One says the incident was not a cybersecurity breach, but instead a counterfeit fraud effort and that no Social Security Numbers were accessed. Anyone who notices irregular…
Man Gets 12 Years for Phishing Attack on LA County Court Computers
Fred Shuster reports: A 33-year-old man was sentenced Monday to a dozen years behind bars for hacking into the Los Angeles Superior Court computer system and using it to send millions of malicious phishing emails designed to retrieve employees’ banking information. Oriyomi Sadiq Aloba was also ordered by U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner to…