Russian Hacker

23. April 2010 | 19:58

Russian Hacker Selling 1.5 Million Facebook Accounts

A hacker who calls himself Kirllos has obtained and is now offering to sell 1.5 million Facebook IDs at astonishingly low prices - $25 per 100 IDs for users with fewer than 10 friends and $45 per 1000 IDs for users with more than 10 friends - according to researchers at VeriSign’s iDefense. Looking at the numbers, Kirllos has stolen the IDs of one out of every 300 Facebook users. Information for … (News Source: Mashable - 17:54:19)

iPhone, now with Android

iPhone Hacker and Dev Team member planetbeing has successfully installed GoogleÃƒÂ¢Ã¢Â¬Ã¢Â¢s Android operating system on an iPhone by Jason D. O’Grady (News Source: ZDNet - 16:09:42)

Facebook Accounts Hacked, Sold

Here’s yet another reminder to safeguard your Facebook information and check those settings. (News Source: PC World - 16:00:18)

Richard Clarke’s Cyberwar : File Under Fiction

The man who tried to alert Bush to Al Qaeda before 9/11 is now warning that the Chinese could take out the Pacific Fleet and plunge the country into chaos at any moment. The Hollywood-esque tale features hacks of epic proportions. Clarke wants the government to take computer security seriously, but his proof is lacking and his rhetoric is dangerous. (News Source: Wired News - 09:47:18)

Hacker’s accomplice gets five years for TJX security breach

Ending a chapter in one of the worst hacking cases in U.S. history, a federal judge handed down a five-year sentence Thursday to a 25-year-old man who helped steal tens of millions of credit card numbers. Damon Patrick Toey had already pled guilty to charges that he sold batches of stolen credit card data, called dumps, on behalf of convicted hacker Albert Gonzalez and helped him infiltrate the … (News Source: InfoWorld - 23:27:59)

Wanna join the FBI?

During an annual Design and Technology Academy (DATA) meeting at Monterey Trail High School students learn from FBI Special Agent LuAnna Harmon about the dangers of Internet crimes. (News Source: Elk Grove Citizen - 05:22:25)

Final Conspirator in Credit Card Hacking Ring Gets 5 Years

TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez’s final conspirator gets 5 years in prison. (News Source: Wired News - 12:47:52)

Daily Telegraph website hacked

Site defaced apparently in anger at remarks over ‘gypsies’ Part of the Daily Telegraph’s website has been hacked, apparently by people in Romania who were aggrieved at its identification of “gypsies” and “Romanians”. Its ” Short Breaks ” and Wine And Dine sections were both hacked, with the Short Breaks site still up at 12.55pm today, with a picture of a Romanian flag claiming to be for the … (News Source: Guardian Unlimited - 06:27:31)

Gonzalez Accomplice Gets Five Years for Hacking TJX

A federal judge handed down a five-year sentence Thursday to a man who helped steal tens of millions of credit card numbers from Heartland, TJX and others. (News Source: PC World - 20:43:10)

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