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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: An infamous vigilante hacker known for their hits on surveillance companies is launching a new kind of bug bounty to reward hacktivists who do public interest hacks and leaks. The hacker, known as Phineas Fisher, … Continue reading Phineas Fisher Offers $100,000 Bounty to Hack Banks and Oil Companies
Zack Whittaker reports: Capital One has replaced its cybersecurity chief four months after the company disclosed a massive data breach involving the theft of sensitive data on more than 100 million customers. A spokesperson for Capital One confirmed t… Continue reading Capital One replaces security chief after data breach
Campbell Kwan reports: The alleged Capital One hacker, Paige Thompson, was released from federal custody on Tuesday as she awaits her trial. Thompson, who is allegedly responsible for the theft of 106 million records from Capital One, had previously re… Continue reading Alleged Capital One hacker released from federal custody
Frédéric Tomesco reports: All of Mouvement Desjardins’ individual members, 4.2 million people, have had their personal information compromised as a result of the actions of a single employee, who has since been fired, chief executive officer Guy Cormie… Continue reading Desjardins data breach much larger than first estimated, affecting ALL 4.2 million members
This site has reported on a number of data leaks and breaches in India. And as regular readers know, I now have a criminal complaint and a civil suit against me and this site in India because 1to1Help.net didn’t like me exposing their embarrassin… Continue reading Details for 1.3 million Indian payment cards put up for sale on Joker’s Stash
Charlie Osborne reports: UniCredit has revealed a data breach resulting in the leak of information belonging to three million customers. On Monday, the Italian bank and financial services organization said that a compromised file, generated in 2015, is… Continue reading UniCredit reveals data breach exposing 3 million customer records
Attacks are targeting international companies in the financial sector, demanding that victims pay ransom in Bitcoin. Continue reading Cybercriminals Impersonate Russian APT ‘Fancy Bear’ to Launch DDoS Attacks
The following is a Google translation from an article in Ukrainian on the site of Ukraine’s national police, announcing the arrest of an unnamed (but pictured) 32-year old suspected of stealing $6 million from U.S. banks. If any reader recognize… Continue reading Ukrainian cyber police detain a hacker hiding in Ukraine from US law enforcement
Bob Uphues reports: First National Bank of Brookfield‘s president last week said an investigation continues into the use of a card skimmer on its drive-thru ATM to gain PIN numbers of a large number of debit cards used during the weekend of Oct. … Continue reading IL: Brookfield bank investigating ATM fraud
Alexander Popp reports: A Wells Fargo bank teller from Alpharetta was arrested by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office this week for allegedly using customer’s accounts to steal thousands of dollars. Jordan Paul Jernigan, 22, a former bank teller at the… Continue reading GA: Former Wells Fargo employee arrested for identity fraud, theft by taking