Hacking News

The Nebraska School Activities Association reported Thursday that their website was hit by a DdoS attack, which made it difficult to use. They’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible. In the meantime if you’re looking for information and scores on the state softball tournament in Hastings, tennis or cross country, you can

Websites for a handful of U.S. airports, including those in Atlanta, Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, were taken offline during a cyberattack Monday, although officials said there was no effect on flight operations. Read More

James Charles’ Twitter account was hacked Saturday, after a series of other YouTube celebrities’ official accounts were also taken over, including the deceased YouTuber Etika’s Twitter account, Shane Dawson, Amanda Cerny, and King Bach. Read More

A curious case of web-based card skimming activity revealed that the Poker Tracker website had been compromised and loaded a Magecart script – code that steals payment information from customers.Online poker enthusiasts use the Poker Tracker software suite to improve their winning chances by making decisions based on statistics compiled from the opponents’ gameplay. Read More

CafePress, the custom T-shirt and merchandise company, acquired by Snapfish for more than $25 million (£20 million) in November 2018, has been hacked. According to various reports, the breach that compromised more than 23 million accounts happened on February 20. Is yours one of them? Read More

StockX’s warning of “suspicious activity” appears to have stemmed from a serious data breach. TechCrunch has learned through a black market data seller that a hacker stole 6.8 million records from the shoe trading site in May, including names, email addresses and (thankfully hashed) passwords. The data also included less vital info like shoe sizes,

Naples has fallen victim to a cyber attack — the fourth Florida city to be hit by hackers in less than two months. In a spear-fishing attack, the hacker disguises the email to make it look like it’s from a trusted source. This type of “business email compromise” targets businesses and individuals performing wire transfer

In various online platforms, authorities say, the suspect accused of hacking Capital One boasted about what she had done: penetrated a vulnerability in the financial institution’s database, compromising millions of customers. Her gloating continued even after those she was communicating with warned that what she was doing was “sketchy,” telling her, “don’t go to jail

Customer data of a global Japanese retailer has been exposed in a major hack. Uniqlo, which operates more than 2,000 stores in 19 markets worldwide, including about 50 U.S. stores, is acknowledging more than 460,000 online customer accounts were fraudulently accessed between April 23 and May 10, 2019. Read More