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Hacker 'BestBuy' sentenced to prison for operating Mirai DDoS botnet

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A UK court sentenced today a 30-year-old man to two years and eight months in prison for using a DDoS botnet to viciously attack and take down internet connectivity in Liberia in the fall of 2016.

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Jan 12, 2019

OXO International discloses data breach, customer data over two years impacted

OXO International has disclosed a data breach which the company says may have exposed customer information over the course of two years.

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Jan 10, 2019

Reddit Locks Down Accounts After Security Incident

A large number of Reddit users have been locked out of their accounts as a precaution while the site’s admins investigate potential unauthorized access.

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Jan 10, 2019

Ethereum Classic hackers steal over $1.1M with 51% attacks

Ethereum Classic, one of the most popular forks of the second most valuable cryptocurrencies by marketcap has suffered a 51-percent attack.

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Jan 08, 2019

Marriott Sheds New Light on Massive Breach

Commenting on a new round of information about the massive data breach that struck Starwood Hotels, Marriott International now says that the breach was somewhat less massive than originally thought, affecting roughly 383 million records rather than the 500 million originally said to have been compromised.

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Jan 06, 2019

Town of Salem Data Breach Exposes 7.6 Million Gamers' Accounts

A massive data breach at the popular online role-playing game 'Town of Salem' has reportedly impacted more than 7.6 million players, the game owner BlankMediaGames (BMG) confirmed Wednesday on its online forum.

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Jan 05, 2019

German Politicians Caught in Massive Data Leak

The German political establishment is reeling after personal data and communications from hundreds of politicians including Chancellor Angela Merkel were released by hackers.

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Jan 04, 2019

Dark Overlord hackers release alleged 9/11 lawsuit documents

Bright new year, slimy return of The Dark Overlord (TDO), a well-known group of highly self-amusing cyber extortionists who’ve now chosen 9/11-related firms to pick on.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jan 03, 2019

Hackers demand ransom from Dublin’s tram system, after Luas website defaced

The website of Luas, the tram system operating in Ireland’s capital city of Dublin, has been taken offline this morning after hackers defaced the site and demanded a ransom be paid within five days.

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Jan 03, 2019

Hackers Target North Korean Defectors

Personally identifiable information (PII) on nearly 1000 defectors from North Korea has been stolen in a cyber-raid, the South Korean government revealed late last week.

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Jan 02, 2019

Hackers Threaten to Dump Insurance Files Related to 9/11 Attacks

On Monday, New Year’s Eve, a hacker group announced it had breached a law firm handling cases related to the September 11 attacks, and threatened to publicly release a large cache of related internal files unless their ransom demands were met.

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Jan 01, 2019

Hackers steal personal info of 1,000 North Korean defectors

Hackers have stolen the personal information of almost 1,000 North Korean defectors, the South Korean government revealed today.

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Dec 29, 2018

The most interesting and important hacks of 2018

Each year a few hackers do something new that begs further examination. The general public and Hollywood paints most hackers as these uber-smart people who can take control of entire city’s infrastructure and crack any password in seconds.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 27, 2018

Hacker steals ten years worth of data from San Diego school district

A hacker has stolen the personal details of over 500,000 San Diego Unified School District staff and students; the district revealed in a breach notice posted on its website on Friday, before the Christmas holiday.

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Dec 25, 2018

Over 500K School Staff and Students Hit by Breach

The personal data of more than half a million staff and students of San Diego high schools from the past decade is now likely in the hands of hackers, it has emerged.

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Dec 24, 2018

China hacked the US Navy and stole personal info on at least 100K sailors

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) today unsealed indictments against a pair of Chinese agents charged with hacking US computer systems from a period spanning 2006 – 2018. Among those successfully targeted was the US Navy.

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Dec 21, 2018

Caribou Coffee Card Breach Hits 265 Stores

US chain Caribou Coffee announced a payment card data breach on Thursday, listing 265 outlets across 11 states that had been affected.

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Dec 21, 2018

Mayday! NASA Warns Employees of Personal Information Breach

Another day, another data breach. This time it's the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

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Dec 19, 2018

Twitter Discloses Suspected State-Sponsored Attack After Minor Data Breach

Twitter has been hit with a minor data breach incident that the social networking site believes linked to a suspected state-sponsored attack.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 18, 2018

Equifax breach was ‘entirely preventable’ had it used basic security measures, says House report

A House Oversight Committee report out Monday has concluded that Equifax’s security practices and policies were sub-par and its systems were old and out-of-date, and bothering with basic security measures — like patching vulnerable systems — could’ve prevented its massive data breach last year.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 11, 2018

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