The hacker behind the major breach of HBO has been identified as 29-year-old Iranian national Behzad Mesri, according to an indictment released on Tuesday by the US attorney’s office in Manhattan. Mesri allegedly infiltrated HBO’s computer network by hacking employee accounts with remote access privileges. Read More
A key suspect in the 2014 cyberattacks against JPMorgan and nine other financial institutions in the U.S. was arrested at the John F Kennedy Airport in New York on Wednesday, the US Department of Justice announced. U.S. national Joshua Samuel Aaron, aka Mike Shields, was living in Russia but decided to return to the U.S. […]
A federal contractor recently arrested for removing classified materials from the National Security Agency (NSA) is no Edward Snowden, former intelligence and law enforcement officials say. NSA contractor Harold Martin, 51, whose arrest was made public this week, quickly drew attention as a possible “Snowden 2.0.” Like Snowden, Martin was a Booz Allen Hamilton employee […]
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