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The United States today announced criminal charges against four Chinese Army soldiers who, it is claimed, are the hackers who stole 145 million Americans' personal data from credit scorer Equifax. Wu Zhiyong, Wang Qian, Xu Ke, and Liu Lei, are all said to have been members of the People's Liberation Army's 54th Research Institute hacking team, and are accused of illegally accessed Equifax's customer databases.
U.S. authorities have charged four Chinese military officers in the 2017 Equifax data breach, which compromised the data of nearly 150 million. The four, Wu Zhiyong, Wang Qian, Xu Ke and Liu Lei, are believed to be members of the 54th Research Institute of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, a component of the Chinese military.
A judge in Brazil's capital on Thursday dismissed accusations that journalist Glenn Greenwald was involved in hacking phones of officials, following weeks of criticism that his prosecution would infringe on constitutional protections for the press. Prosecutors last month leveled accusations that Greenwald helped a group of six people hack into phones of hundreds of local authorities, saying his actions amounted to criminal association and illegal interception of communications.
A review by two computer security experts of the mobile app that malfunctioned during Iowa's critical tally of the Democratic Party's caucus has uncovered that it insecurely sends data, ProPublica reports. Veracode found that the app was vulnerable to hacking "Because of a lack of safeguards, transmissions to and from the phone were left largely unprotected," it reported.
Iowa's much-anticipated caucus results were delayed after a mobile app commissioned by Iowa's Democratic Party malfunctioned. "We sincerely regret the delay in the reporting of the results of last night's Iowa caucuses and the uncertainty it has caused to the candidates, their campaigns, and Democratic caucus-goers," says Shadow Inc. CEO Gerard Niemira in a statement on the company's website.
A 21-year-old California man has pleaded guilty to repeatedly hacking gaming company Nintendo over three years to access servers and steal confidential data, including details on hardware, games and developer tools, according to the U.S. Justice Department. In 2017, FBI agents confronted Hernandez at his parents' home, and he agreed to stop hacking Nintendo in exchange for federal authorities not pressing charges, according to court documents.
Police in the United Kingdom have arrested six suspects as part of a months-long money laundering investigation tied to the theft of €13 million from a Maltese bank. As part of the investigations into the bank heist, which has been tied to an organized crime gang, Britain's National Crime Agency says it arrested two men, ages 22 and 17, last week in London.
Police in the United Kingdom have arrested six suspects as part of a months-long money laundering investigation tied to the theft of €13 million from a Maltese bank. As part of the investigations into the bank heist, which has been tied to an organized crime gang, Britain's National Crime Agency says it arrested two men, ages 22 and 17, last week in London.
A current hacking competition on the illicit forum known as XSS offers members the chance to win a share of $15,000 in return for original articles containing proof-of-concept videos or original code, according to a Digital Shadows report, released on Thursday. In the past, competitions on underground forums offered much smaller prize winnings and also focused on lighthearted challenges meant to build community, rather than hacking prowess.
Now can't be an easy time to be a professional drone pilot working for the US Department of the Interior. Until the issue is resolved, the only DOI drone flights allowed will be those connected to emergencies - monitoring wildfires and floods, both uses that underscore the importance of drones to the agency's work.