Hackers: Archive: April 2012

International Police Association Hacked

The hackers defaced the site's main page with a statement alleging that admin passwords were stored in plain text.

Symantec: Attacks On the Rise, But Spam and Botnets Down

New data shows familiar trends of good news and bad news, with some surprises.

LinkedIn Blog Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

The hackers redirected visitors to a page supportive of the country's president.

LulzSec Hacker Publishes VMware Source Code

The code for VMware ESX dates from the 2003 to 2004 timeframe, according to the company.

Cybercrime Does Pay: Russian Hackers Made $4.5 Billion Last Year

Russian-speaking cybercriminals doubled their annual income from 2010 to 2011, according to Group-IB.

Anonymous Hackers Dominate IT Security Pros' Fears

Sixty-one percent of survey respondents expect to be attacked by Anonymous within the next six months.

Abortion Provider Hit by 2,500 Cyber Attacks Following Hacker's Arrest

Almost half of the attacks came from North America, according to BBC News.

Anonymous Hackers Target Formula One Over Bahrain Race

The action was taken to protest ongoing human rights abuses in the country.

FBI Investigates CSU Student for Election Fraud, Identity Theft

Matt Weaver is accused of stealing approximately 700 students' user IDs and passwords in order to affect the results of an election for student body president.

Anonymous Hackers Launch Pastebin Alternative

The AnonPaste service is based on the open source ZeroBin software.

Russian Charged with Hacking Brokerage Firms, Stealing Identities

Petr Murmylyuk is accused of causing $1 million in losses to brokerage firms, and stealing the identities of more than 300 people.

Teen Hacks 259 Web Sites in 3 Months

The 15-year-old was caught when his anonymizing software failed.

FBI Used Metadata to Catch CabinCr3w Hacker

Higino O. Ochoa III posted a photo without purging the metadata -- which included the GPS location where the pic was taken.

Accused Utah Police Hacker Pleads Not Guilty

John Anthony Borell III faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

Anti-Abortion Hacker Gets 32 Months in Jail

James Jeffery accessed the names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers of approximately 10,000 women.

Accused TeaMp0isoN Hackers Arrested Over Scotland Yard Attack

The two teenagers were arrested by members of the UK's Police Central e-Crime Unit.

Anonymous Hackers Hit USTelecom, TechAmerica

The attacks were launched in protest of the organizations' support for CISPA.

Anonymous Hackers Target Tunisian Government

The group says the attack was launched in support of human rights and freedom of expression in Tunisia.

Etsy Announces $50,000 in Grants for Female Hackers

The aim is to bring 20 women into Hacker School's 2012 summer session.

Anonymous Hackers Take Down UK Government Sites

The group is threatening to launch similar attacks every Saturday.

Accused LulzSec Hacker Pleads Guilty

Cody Kretsinger faces up to 15 years in prison.

Hacker Claims Breach of Chinese Military Contractor

'Hardcore Charlie' has published data on Pastebin and Photobucket.

Hackers Steal Thousands of Medicaid Records

Names, addresses and Social Security numbers may have been accessed.

Arrested CabinCr3w Hacker Posts Statement on Pastebin

Hacker Higinio Ochoa says eight FBI agents stormed his apartment on March 20.

UK Hacker Jailed for Identity Theft

Edward Pearson has been sentenced to 26 months in jail.

Hacker Ryan Cleary Back in Jail

Cleary violated his bail conditions by contacting FBI informant Sabu online.

Pastebin Seeks to Block Hackers

The site currently gets more than 1,200 abuse reports a day.

PBS Hacked

User names and password hashes were published online.

Global Payments: Breach Contained, But Damage Done

Visa drops credit card processor Global Payments Inc. from registry of secure providers as details emerge about theft of 1.5 million card records.

Anonymous Hackers Deface 400 Chinese Web Sites

The sites were defaced with a warning to the government and messages of encouragement to the Chinese people.