China is accused of hacking the payroll system for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence. The BBC and Sky News report that the severe data breach exposed the personal information of active military personnel and veterans. The information mainly consists of full names and bank details, but in some cases, it might also include personal […]
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Panda Express is the latest to be hacked. What to do when your personal data are exposed
Another day, another report about a company exposing its customers’ personal information to hackers or other unintended audiences. On Wednesday, Panda Restaurant Group (parent company of Panda Express, Panda Inn and Hibachi-San) revealed that hackers had obtained the personal data of an unknown number of diners. In previous weeks, Kaiser Permanente and AT&T announced unauthorized […]
Police in Haiti say 2 men were hacked to death by a mob who thought they were buying ammo for gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two men in Haiti were hacked to death by a mob who thought they were buying ammunition or guns for gangs that have terrorized the country, police said Saturday. Police confirmed the crowd snatched the men from police custody after they were found with about $20,000 and the equivalent of about […]
Ex-Jaguars employee who once hacked team’s Jumbotron sentenced to 220 years in prison for child molestation
A hacked Jaguars Jumbotron was the start of an awful, awful story. (Photo by Rob Foldy/Getty Images) A Jacksonville Jaguars employee was let go in 2018. What happened next ultimately resulted in him being sentenced to more than two centuries in prison. Samuel Arthur Thompson, 53, was sentenced to 220 years in federal prison Tuesday […]
Convicted sex offender who hacked jumbotron at the Jacksonville Jaguars’ stadium gets 220 years
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A convicted child molester has been sentenced to 220 years in federal prison for producing child sexual abuse material and hacking the jumbotron at the Jacksonville Jaguars stadium after the team learned he was a registered sex offender and fired him. A federal judge in Jacksonville sentenced 53-year-old Samuel Arthur Thompson, […]
Russia hacked conference call after German officer used unsecured phone line
A German military officer used an unsecured phone line at a Singapore hotel to join a conference call that was hacked by Russians and leaked to the public, Germany’s defence minister said Tuesday. The fallout from the leaked audio tape, which features four high-ranking German air force officers discussing hypothetically how Taurus long-range cruise missiles […]
A German military officer used an unsecured line for a conference call. Russia hacked and leaked it
BERLIN (AP) — A German military officer used an unsecured phone line at a Singapore hotel to join a conference call that was hacked by Russians and leaked to the public, Germany’s defense minister said Tuesday. The fallout from the leaked audio tape, which features four high-ranking German air force officers discussing hypothetically how Taurus […]
North Korea hacked South Korea chip equipment makers, Seoul says
North Korean hackers have broken into South Korean chip equipment makers, according to South Korea’s spy agency. Pyongyang is trying to make semiconductors for its weapons programmes, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) says. It comes a month after President Yoon Suk Yeol warned North Korea may stage provocations such as cyber attacks to interfere with […]
North Korea hacked South Korean chip equipment makers, Seoul says
North Korean hackers have broken into South Korean chip equipment makers, according to South Korea’s spy agency. Pyongyang is trying to make semiconductors for its weapons programmes, the National Intelligence Service (NIS) says. It comes a month after President Yoon Suk Yeol warned North Korea may stage provocations such as cyber attacks to interfere with […]
Oklahoma man hacked government site to buy cars at auction for $1
Deals on vehicles and jewelry through a U.S. government auction website were a steal in more ways than one: An Oklahoma man pleaded guilty to hacking a website to buy the items for $1 each, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Evan James Coker bought vehicles and jewelry in 2019 through web auctions held by the General […]
Suspect’s ‘crime family’ parents hacked into victim’s laptop, warrants allege
The Texas parents of an OnlyFans model arrested in Miami for her boyfriend’s stabbing death have been likened to a “crime family” after warrants in the case revealed they allegedly discussed how to break into the victim’s computer after taking it from the couple’s apartment. Kim Clenney, 60, and Deborah Clenney, 57, respectively, are the […]
Georgia’s Fulton County is hacked, but prosecutor’s office says Trump election case is unaffected
FILE – People cross the street near the Fulton County Courthouse, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta. Court and other systems in Fulton County, Georgia’s most populous county, were hacked over the weekend, resulting in interruptions to routine operations, officials said Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, adding that the racketeering case against former President Donald Trump is […]