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FBI has lead in probe of 1.2 billion stolen Web credentials: documents
November 25th, 2015
A hacker who once advertised having access to user account information for websites like Facebook (FB.O) and Twitter (TWTR.N) has been linked through a Russian email address to the theft of a record 1.2 billion Internet credentials, the FBI ...
Hackers siphon off $31 million from British bank accounts
October 15th, 2015
Crime agencies from across Europe partner with the FBI to investigate and shut down the spread of Dridex banking malware. Hackers have stolen more than £20 million ($31 million) from British online bank accounts using hostile, intrusive software that ...
Breach at IRS Exposes Tax Returns
May 27th, 2015
Thieves used agency’s online services to get information for about 100,000 households The Internal Revenue Service said Tuesday that identity thieves used one of its online services to obtain prior-year tax return information for about 100,000 U.S. households, a ...
Citigroup Report Chides Law Firms for Silence on Hackings
March 31st, 2015
Every month it seems another American company reports being a victim of a hacking that results in the theft of internal or customer information. But the legal profession almost never publicly discloses a breach. The unwillingness of most big ...
Emerging global cyberlaw trends in 2014
January 5th, 2015
2014 was the year when dark web started emerging, primarily due to the iCloud hacking of celebrities’ pictures Globally, the year 2014 was a year that was dedicated to cybercrimes and hacking. In fact, cybercrime as a phenomenon loomed ...
Entry Point of JPMorgan Data Breach Is Identified
December 23rd, 2014
The computer breach at JPMorgan Chase this summer — the largest intrusion of an American bank to date — might have been thwarted if the bank had installed a simple security fix to an overlooked server in its vast ...
Update on Financial Markets and Cybercrime
December 22nd, 2014
Russian criminals hack in to bank networks to steal $18 million A group of Russian cybercriminals which specialises in gaining access to the internal payments networks of banks has stolen more than $18 million over the past six months. ...
Hackers launched a destructive cyberattack in the United States
December 2nd, 2014
The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned U.S. businesses that hackers have used malicious software to launch a destructive cyberattack in the United States, following a devastating breach last week at Sony Pictures Entertainment; more details in article: Sony Pictures hires ...
Hackers With Wall Street Savvy Stealing M&A Data
December 2nd, 2014
Hackers with Wall Street expertise have stolen merger-and-acquisition information from more than 80 companies for more than a year, according to security consultants who shared their findings with law enforcement. A group dubbed FIN4 by researchers at FireEye Inc. ...
Malicious Software Campaign Targets Apple Users in China
November 6th, 2014
Researchers at a Silicon Valley security company said on Wednesday that they had found a new manner in which hackers can infect Apple products. The company, Palo Alto Networks, reported that it had uncovered a malware campaign called WireLurker targeting Apple ...
