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Hackers

Hacked UMaine server leads to exposed personal data

Marcos Colon May 21, 2012

Sensitive data belonging to people who made web-based purchases at the University of Maine's Orono Campus may have been stolen after the school's server suffered a security breach.

Alleged LulzSec hacker Hammond pleads innocent

Dan Kaplan May 14, 2012

Accused Stratfor hacker Jeremy Hammond plans to fight the charges filed against him for the devastating breach of the global affairs firm.

Securities fraud hacker charged after $1 million heist

Greg Masters April 18, 2012

A Russian national is in custody in Newark, N.J., facing charges of hacking into the web accounts of several brokerages to initiate sham stock trades that allegedly netted $1 million.

News briefs: LulzSec head worked with FBI, Sony breached, and more

Staff Report April 02, 2012

News briefs: LulzSec head Sabu worked with FBI, Extension in DNSChanger servers, Sony breached again, and more

Michael Jackson catalog among files stolen in Sony breach

Marcos Colon March 05, 2012

Sony's big 2011 breach was followed up by another attack that siphoned the King of Pop's entire music catalog.

News briefs: The latest from the Google, Anonymous and others

Staff Report March 01, 2012

News briefs: The latest from the PCI Security Standards Council, Google, Anonymous, Facebook and others...

An abusive relationship

Dan Kaplan March 01, 2012

No single reported breach in recent memory better highlighted the risk that vulnerable third-parties present than when hackers last year raided Epsilon.

Stratfor subscribers targeted by malware-ridden emails

Dan Kaplan February 14, 2012

A letter addressed to the stolen email addresses of Stratfor customers claims to be a helpful reminder of malware scams, but is actually bait to spread the Zbot trojan.

Symantec code posted despite attempt to trap suspect

Dan Kaplan February 07, 2012

Email correspondence between a hacker and undercover agent may provide a glimpse into the type of blackmail that takes place when intellectual property is stolen.

MasterCard announces product future around EMV

Greg Masters February 07, 2012

The EMV standard, widely considered an effective way to curb counterfeit card fraud because it requires a microchip to be embedded in a credit or debit card or on a mobile device, is gradually picking up steam in the U.S.

Palin hacker appeal rejected

Greg Masters February 02, 2012

David Kernell, who hacked into Sarah Palin's email account, has lost an appeal against his obstruction of justice charge.

FINRA advises brokers to bulk up security

Dan Kaplan January 27, 2012

The self-regulating authority of Wall Street is warning securities firms about a rise in customers' email accounts being hacked to deliver bogus funds transfer requests.

Four charged with hacking Subway, other retailers

Angela Moscaritolo December 09, 2011

The defendants allegedly compromised the credit card data of 80,000 customers and made millions of dollars in unauthorized purchases.

Anonymous claims new Monsanto-related hack

Dan Kaplan December 08, 2011

The Anonymous hacktivist group claims it is responsible for putting a Washington, D.C. public relations firm, which formerly worked with the oft-criticized biotech giant Monsanto, out of business.

Illinois water pump failure not a cyberattack

Angela Moscaritolo November 28, 2011

An Illinois water utility pump failure may have been an accident caused by an employee -- not the work of foreign hackers.

AT&T struck with "organized" hacking attempt

Angela Moscaritolo November 22, 2011

Attackers attempted to use automated technologies to link AT&T telephone numbers with online accounts.

Anonymous leaks cybercrime investigator's private emails

Angela Moscaritolo November 21, 2011

The hack was carried out as part of Operation AntiSec, as revenge for police crackdowns against the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Water utilities in Illinois, Houston reportedly hacked

Angela Moscaritolo November 18, 2011

Hackers reportedly breached the systems of a company that makes supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, used to manage operations at critical infrastructure facilitates, and stole customer usernames and passwords.

Romanian hacker accused of breaking into NASA server

Angela Moscaritolo November 17, 2011

Robert Butyka was detained Tuesday in Cluj Napoca, Romania's fourth most populated city.

VCU server hacked to compromise personal data of 175K

Angela Moscaritolo November 14, 2011

Hackers accessed a sensitive computer server containing the personal information of faculty and students at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond.

FBI arrests six in click-fraud cyber scam that netted $14M

Angela Moscaritolo November 09, 2011

A gang of Estonians is accused of infecting millions of computers, many in the United States, with DNS-changing trojans capable of manipulating the online advertising industry through clickjacking.

Adversaries, allies stealing U.S. trade secrets

Angela Moscaritolo November 07, 2011

China and Russia were called out in a report as the world's most prolific perpetrators of economic espionage against the U.S.

Accused Scarlett Johansson hacker claims innocence

Angela Moscaritolo November 02, 2011

A Florida man pleaded innocent Tuesday to hacking into the email accounts of Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, Christina Aguilera and dozens of other celebrities to steal photos, emails and other documents.

Microsoft YouTube channel hacked

Angela Moscaritolo October 24, 2011

Hackers over the weekend accessed Microsoft's YouTube channel to swap out videos with their own. It is unclear what the intruders' motive was, but they may have been able to access the account by stealing its login credentials from a Microsoft employee, Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at anti-virus firm Sophos, said in a blog post Sunday. One of the unauthorized videos posted was titled "Bingo" and featured an animated video game character shooting another character. By Monday morning, the channel was operating normally. The incident followed hackers last week taking over the Sesame Street YouTube channel to display pornographic videos.

Accused LulzSec hacker pleads innocent to Sony attack

Angela Moscaritolo October 18, 2011

A purported member of the hacktivist group LulzSec pleaded innocent Monday in federal court in Los Angeles to charges of hacking into the systems of Sony Pictures Entertainment. Cody Kretsinger, a.k.a. "recursion," 23, of Arizona is facing one count each of conspiracy and unauthorized impairment of a protected computer. He faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. He is accused of participating in a weeklong SQL injection attack, ending in early June, on the Sony Pictures site. The compromise resulted in the theft of data belonging to roughly one million users, some of which was publicly posted.

Celebrity email hacker arrested

Angela Moscaritolo October 14, 2011

A Florida man has been charged with hacking into the email accounts of Mila Kunis, Christina Aguilera, Scarlett Johansson and dozens of other celebrities to steal photos, emails and other documents. Christopher Chaney, 35, of Jacksonville was nabbed following an 11-month police investigation dubbed "Operation Hackerazzi," according to an FBI statement this week. Once he had access to a victim's email account, which he obtained by using publicly available information, he allegedly changed the settings so that all of their emails would be automatically forwarded to him. He also stole private photos, which he offered to celebrity blogs. Chaney was charged with accessing and damaging protected computers without authorization, wiretapping and aggravated identity theft. He faces up to 121 years in prison.

MySQL.com hacked to distribute malware

Angela Moscaritolo September 26, 2011

Visitors to MySQL.com on Monday were greeted with a drive-by download that attempted to silently install malware on their machine.

USA Today Twitter account hacked by The Script Kiddies

Angela Moscaritolo September 26, 2011

The Twitter account belonging to the USA Today was hacked over the weekend by a group called The Script Kiddies. In tweets posted from the compromised account, the hacktivist group bragged about past hacking feats, and urged users to "like" them on Facebook and vote on who they should infiltrate next. It is unclear how the hackers were able commandeer control of the account. The same group also claimed responsibility earlier this month for hacking the NBC News Twitter account and sending a series of erroneous tweets. In that case, a trojan permitted the takeover.

Seattle men indicted on hacking, fraud charges

Angela Moscaritolo September 22, 2011

Three men in their 30s used low- and high-tech means to install malware to steal banking credentials and credit numbers from dozens of businesses, according to federal prosecutors.

Hacker "soldier" steals $3.2 million from U.S. companies

Angela Moscaritolo September 15, 2011

Researchers at Trend Micro say they have been hot on the tracks of a corporate hacker, and now they are turning over their findings to U.S. law enforcement.