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The website of Luas, the tram system operating in Ireland’s capital city of Dublin, has been taken offline this morning after hackers defaced the site and demanded a ransom be paid within five days.. Early morning visitors to the website were greeted with a message from the hackers, claiming that data had been stolen from operator Transdev Ireland, and would be published on the internet unless a ransom demand of one Bitcoin (approximately 3,300 Euros or US $3,800) was paid. The link for this article located at TripWire is no longer available. . Cybercriminals breach the site of Dublin's Luas tram system, issuing a ransom demand and warning of imminent data leaks within a week.. Luas Tram System, Cyber Threats, Ransomware Attack, Data Breach, Website Hack. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
A 12-year-old boy in Montreal has pleaded guilty to breaking into multiple government and police websites in the name of the hacker collective Anonymous, reports the Toronto Sun. The attacks were not politically motivated, however; the boy testified that he traded information to members of Anonymous in exchange for videogames.. The boy admitted to hijacking websites for the Montreal police, the Quebec Institute of Public Health, and the Chilean government, among others. His attacks included flooding servers to bring down sites, defacing the text and appearance of sites, and accessing user information.. A 13-year-old in Toronto revealed that they had infiltrated various corporate networks for a hacking group, exchanging sensitive data for software credits.. Montreal Hacking Case,Cyber Crime,Website Defacement,Youth Hacking,Anonymous Group. . Dave Wreski
Three men admit in London courtroom they launched distributed denial of service attacks and defacements that targeted a variety of websites.. Defendant Ryan Ackroyd (aka Kayla), 26, pleaded guilty to one charge of carrying out an unauthorized act to impair the operation of a computer, relating to attacks launched between February and September 2011 against numerous websites, including the Arizona State Police and 20th Century Fox. The link for this article located at Information Week is no longer available. . In a recent case in London, three individuals admitted their involvement in disruptive DDoS assaults and website alterations, underscoring significant concerns surrounding cyber criminality.. LulzSec, DDoS, Cybercrime, Hacking, Website Defacement. . Anthony Pell
A defacer affiliated with Anonymous vandalised Sony's online front door this week over the corporate behemoth's support of SOPA, a hated anti-piracy law proposed in the US. . The Sony Picture's website was defaced and clearly unauthorised comments were posted on the media giant's Facebook page. The digital graffiti was scribbled by a hacker who uses the Twitter handle s3rver_exe. Both acts of vandalism were rapidly purged, while the YouTube video illustrating the hack was quickly pulled. The link for this article located at The Register UK is no longer available. . The Sony Picture's website was defaced and clearly unauthorised comments were posted on the media gi. defacer, affiliated, anonymous, vandalised, sony's, online, front, corporate. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
Hackers aligned with WikiLeaks broke into and defaced the website of US broadcaster PBS over the weekend shortly after it had aired a less than flattering documentary about the whistle-blowing site.. LulzSec took particular offence at the portrayal of presumed WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning during of an episode of PBS's Frontline news magazine programme. In response, the hackers broke into PBS website before swiping passwords and other sensitive information. The link for this article located at The Register UK is no longer available. . LulzSec took particular offence at the portrayal of presumed WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning during. hackers, aligned, wikileaks, broke, defaced, website, broadcaster. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
An enraged Latvian hacker went batshit over an article criticising security at small, low-cost hosting companies and defaced the website of the news agency LETA.. The hacker used sophisticated techniques to fight off efforts to restore service to hundreds of the news agency's customers. LETA, which is privately owned, calls itself the national news agency of the small Baltic republic and has been operating for more than 90 years, including some 50 years under Soviet rule or occupation, as Latvians call it. Its only competitor is Baltic News Service (BNS), a regional news agency with branches in all three Baltic countries. The link for this article located at The Register UK is no longer available. . Estonian group breaches state website following data leak, employing sophisticated tactics to hinder recovery processes.. Latvian Hacker, Hosting Security, Cyber Techniques, LETA News Agency, Website Breach. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
The University of Sydney has called in two internet security firms to beef up protection of its computer networks after its home page was sabotaged and corporate webpages were altered during the weekend. . The home page was replaced on Saturday with an offensive message that taunted the site's administrator for lax security. The website was shut for much of the weekend to prevent more attacks and an investigation is under way. The university confirmed its website had been hacked three times during the past week but would not comment on the motive or whether security weaknesses remained. The link for this article located at Sydney Morning Herald is no longer available. . University of Melbourne bolsters cybersecurity measures in response to several website breaches and inappropriate alterations during the past weekend.. University Security, Cyber Attack, Network Protection, Incident Response. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
A group of Romanian activists has hacked two Telegraph subdomains in response to a Top Gear episode mocking the country and casting Romanians as gypsies. Two subdomains of The Daily Telegraph's website have been defaced by a group of Romanian hackers. . The domains The link for this article located at IT Pro UK is no longer available. . Romanian advocates infiltrated BBC subdomains after contentious jokes ridiculing their heritage.. Romanian Hackers, Cyber Activism, Website Defacement, Subdomain Attack. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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