Views: 15,828 ATM hacking and skimming were often in the news a few years back, but since the banks ramped up the security on ATM machines – including anti-skimming devices – ATM fraud activities seemed to drop off. Remember the Pro ATM Hacker ‘Chao’ Gives Out ATM Hacking Tips and a bunch of people getting […]
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High Tech Ticket Scalpers Earn $25 Million Profits
Views: 6,673 [ad] Today’s news is that a company in the US has been using CAPTCHA breaking technology to run a very profitable ticket scalping operation. Reports state they netted a $25 Million USD profit over a 6 year period, which is an industry is extremely lucrative especially for a reasonably small operation. Of course […]
Former Dark Market Admin Faces 10 Year Jail Sentence
Views: 14,105 [ad] You may remember a while back in 2008 it was uncovered (at least publically) that DarkMarket was actually an FBI Sting Operation. Insiders had apparently known since 2006 that one of the admins was actually an undercover FBI agent. Countless cases have gone to court with the evidence and contacts gathered in […]
Torpig Botnet Hijacking Reveals 70GB Of Stolen Data
Views: 5,517 [ad] We did mention Torpig in passing back in January 2008 when talking about the Mebroot rootkit which digs down deep into the Master Boot Record. It seems like Torpig has been pretty active since then and the latest break is that some security researchers have managed to infiltrate the botnet and collect […]
TJX (T.J. Maxx and Marshall’s) Hacker Jailed For 30 Years
Views: 5,606 [ad] You should be familiar with the TJX case by now (TJX Largest Breach of Customer Data in U.S. History) and we’ve been following it here for a couple of years. We reported back in August last year that the TJX Credit Card Hackers were Busted and now one of the 11 guys […]