Jan 12 2013
Hackers have stolen more than 3,000 classified documents from Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. Some of the documents are relevant to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement. The attack employed a Trojan horse program “along with a connection bouncer called ‘HTran’,” a tool used to disguise the location of the command and control…..
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Jan 12 2013
A Romanian man has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for his role in a payment card hacking scheme. Cezar Iulian Butu pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud in September 2012. A co-conspirator in the scheme, Iulian Dolan, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer fraud and…..
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Jan 12 2013
Police in Thailand have arrested an Algerian man in connection with thefts from online US bank accounts. Hamza Bendelladj allegedly stole millions of dollars from accounts at more than 200 financial institutions using botnets powered by ZeuS. US federal agents have been tracking his activity for three years. Bendelladj has said that he spent the…..
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