SecurityDigital Trends - In a massive 10GB data cache titled ‘Shooting Sherrifs Saturday’, the AntiSec organization released the contents of over 300 email accounts across 56 law enforcement agencies, police training videos and identities of persons submitting tips though an anonymous tip system. Email correspondence contains private information including social security numbers for police officers as well as credit card numbers, email addresses, home addresses and personal exchanges between officers. In addition, members of AntiSec claim to have used the stolen credit card numbers to place donations to the Bradley Manning Support Network, ACLU, Electronic Frontier Foundation and other organizations.Â
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Hackers Break Into 70 Law Enforcement Websites (Mashable)
Mashable - Those hackers calling themselves Anonymous are at it again, this time breaking into 70 law enforcement websites and spreading 10GB of email addresses and confidential credit card data.
Members of the group said they were hacking into the law enforcement websites, most located in the Southern and Central portions of the U.S., in retaliation for arrests of its members in the U.S. and Europe last month. According to the Associated Press, the group said in a statement:
Las Vegas man accused of mass spamming on Facebook (AP)
AP - A Las Vegas man accused of sending more than 27 million spam messages to Facebook users faces federal fraud and computer tampering charges that could send him to prison for more than 40 years, according to a grand jury indictment.
'Spam King' surrenders to FBI, indicted on hacking charges (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - One more of the Internet’s bad guys, or spam guys, is in the hands of the law. Sanford Wallace, a known spammer of over 27 million Facebook messages has surrendered on hacking charges. Wallace was actually indicted on July 6th but the announcement wasn’t released until yesterday.
Insulin pump hack exposes medical device danger (AFP)
AFP - A computer threat analyst on Saturday will show a gathering of hackers how easy it is to wirelessly take control of an insulin pump on which a diabetic's life could hinge.
Insulin pumps, monitors vulnerable to hacking (AP)
AP - Even the human bloodstream isn't safe from computer hackers.
China says cyber hacking claims 'irresponsible' (AFP)
AFP - Chinese state media condemned as "irresponsible" suggestions the country was behind a massive global cyber spying campaign uncovered this week by a US computer security firm.
'Pwnie' awards mark hacking highlights (AFP)
AFP - Japanese entertainment titan Sony had the dubious honor of winning a "Most Epic Fail" award at a prestigious Black Hat gathering of computer security professions in Las Vegas.
NYPD busts gang of identity thieves, cybercriminals: DA's office (Reuters)
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters)- Six members of a large-scale identity theft and cybercrime gang were indicted on Thursday for stealing over $1 million from at least 80 clients of J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said.
Police halt scam that used N. Korea computers (AFP)
AFP - South Korean police said Thursday they have busted a criminal gang which used elite North Korean computer hackers to break into online game sites and steal prize points worth millions of dollars.
Chocolate-obsessed hacker breaks into Hershey's website to change a recipe (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - With cybercrime costs on the rise, a successful hacking attempt on Hershey’s website caused the chocolate-making company to send out a consumer warning via email to all users of the official Hershey Co. website. The hacking attempt targeted a single recipe before leaving without attempting to access private consumer data. Hershey stressed that no credit card numbers or bank account information is located on the same server as the recipes, but the server did contain passwords, email addresses, mailing addresses and birthdays of any consumer that registered on the site.Â
Telemarketers, Beware: Google Voice Auto-Blocks 'Spam' Calls (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Like Google's Gmail, Google Voice now has a spam filter - theoretically automatically blocking every call, voice mail, and text from telemarketers to a user's phone.
Hacker group claims hit on US defense contractor (AFP)
AFP - Hacker group Anonymous released a trove of military email addresses and passwords it claimed to have plundered from the network of US defense consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton.
Government contactor Booz Allen hit by hack (Reuters)
Reuters - Hackers said on Monday they broke into the computer systems of major government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton's.
DHS aware of imported electronics pre-loaded with malware (Digital Trends)
Digital Trends - Testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, acting deputy secretary of the DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate Greg Schaffer admitted on the record the that DHS is aware of instances were electronics imported into the United States have been pre-loaded with malware, spyware, and other cyber-security threats, and that both the DHS and the White House have been aware of the threat for some time.
Google+ Spams Members After Running Out of Disk Space (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Google apologized for spamming some Google+ users on Saturday afternoon with duplication notification emails.
Apple girding gadgets against hackers (AFP)
AFP - Apple on Friday said it was working to patch a vulnerability that hackers could use to break into the company's popular iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch gadgets.
Apple Promises Fix for iOS PDF Vulnerability (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Apple this week pledged to issue a fix for an iOS vulnerability that could let hackers remotely control iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches.
Hackers break into Washington Post jobs site (Reuters)
Reuters - Hackers broke into the Washington Post Co's jobs website in two incidents last month, affecting more than a million user IDs and emails, the company said on its website.
Security holes discovered in iPhones, iPads (AP)
AP - A new security hole has opened up in Apple Inc.'s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, raising alarms about the susceptibility of some of the world's hottest tech gadgets to hacker attacks.
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