A 20-year-old German citizen has “comprehensively” confessed to a hacking attack that released personal and financial data of hundreds of high-profile politicians, journalists other and public figures, according to Germany’s federal criminal police, or BKA.
Archives: News
Hacker Uses Australian Early Warning Network to Send Spam Alerts
Over the weekend, a hacker gained unauthorized access to the Queensland EWN, or Early Warning Network, and used it to send a spam alert via SMS, landline, and email to the company’s subscribers.
Computer specialist investigated over link to German data theft
Up to 1,000 politicians, journalists and others had their private data – text messages, mails, photographs and contact details – stolen and leaked online in what authorities are calling a “very, very serious” hack.
Taming the Digital Wild West
Despite the increasingly dire headlines, there’s hope yet for the Internet. It begins with an improved public/private model — backed by legislation — for policing cybercrime and helping American businesses defend themselves.
How blockchain can be a solution for cyber crime and more right now
The issue of cyber crime and how blockchain is a plausible solution for many of these types of crime is now on the radar on the of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Click here for the original article.
Key steps to managing a cybercrime scene
A cybercrime scene can be as challenging to manage as a physical crime scene for investigators.
2019’s First Data Breach: It Took Less than 24 Hours
The first data breach of 2019 was reported less than 24 hours into the New Year. The details of an estimated 30,000 Australian civil servants were stolen when a directory was downloaded by an unauthorised third party – believed to have phished the email address of a government employee in the state of Victoria.
With the number of online frauds on the rise, Puneker’s requested not to share OTPs
The number of online fraud cases recorded in Pune have grown manifold in the past year. Despite continuous warnings by the banks and the crime investigating authorities, the number of frauds committed by criminals enabled by information like one time password (OTP) shared by the victims themselves is high.
Caught on camera: Cleveland family is being cyber-stalked on a whole new level
The amount of harassment a Cleveland family has taken over the past two months is almost hard to fathom. The family doesn’t know what to do at this point and called Cleveland 19 asking for help.
Grassroots Networks Mobilize From Coast-to-Coast to Promote Digital Rights: 2018 Year in Review
The digital rights movement showed its strength this year by projecting influence in jurisdictions across the United States. Community organizations on both coasts, as well as the Midwest and the South, took action, promoting issues from net neutrality and civilian oversight of local police surveillance to the right to repair and digital security.
Partners
