Josh Chin reports: The email attachment would tempt anyone following the diplomatic standoff between China and other countries in the South China Sea. The Microsoft Word document contained text and photos depicting Thai naval personnel capturing Vietnamese fishermen and forcing them to kneel at gunpoint. But the attachment was a decoy: Anyone who opened it…
Hacker Twin Muneeb Akhter Slams Suggested 6-Year Prison Term
Jenna Ebersole reports: One of twin brothers who pled guilty in a government and commercial hacking case has slammed prosecutors’ request for a six-year sentence, telling a Virginia federal court that the recommendation contradicts the plea agreement and his acceptance of responsibility. The government’s sentence recommendations are “unprecedented,” Muneeb Akhter, a computer prodigy who graduated…
Padlocks4less.com notifying customers of payment card breach
From the we-have-no-idea-what-happened dept.: If you used a payment card on padlocks4less.com, check your mail for a notification letter. It seems the FBI notified the Frank J. Martin Company that payment card data submitted between June 3 and August 26th may have been accessed without authorization, along with customers’ name, postal and email addresses, and…
Ca: Stolen debit info from Regina being used in New York City
Michael Smyth reports: The Regina Police Service is alerting people that it’s received numerous complaints of debit card frauds this past week. Investigators say card numbers were stolen at different Regina businesses between March and April this year, likely by using skimming equipment. Suspects typically swap a machine with their own PIN pad, which records…
FBI Said to Recover Personal E-Mails From Hillary Clinton Server
Del Quentin Wilber reports: The FBI has recovered personal and work-related e-mails from the private computer server used by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state, according to a person familiar with the investigation. The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s success at salvaging personal e-mails that Clinton said had been deleted raises the possibility…
UPDATE: OPM now says more than five million fingerprints compromised in breaches
Andrea Peterson reports: One of the scariest parts of the massive cybersecurity breaches at the Office of Personnel Management just got worse: The agency now says 5.6 million people’s fingerprints were stolen as part of the hacks. That’s more than five times the 1.1 million figure the agency had cited in earlier updates after the…