Associated Press MONTREAL — Police in Canada say 85 people have been arrested after thousands of students angry over tuition increases protested in Montreal, with some smashing windows of businesses. The rioting came after talks broke off Wednesday between the Quebec provincial government and student groups over the planned tuition…
South Carolina Man Arrested for Medicaid Data Theft
Christopher Lykes is accused of stealing 228,435 people’s personal data, including names, phone numbers, dates of birth and Medicaid account numbers. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Teens arrested over hotline hacking
Two from West Midlands in custody, but Met police 'confident' its systems secure after leaked conversation posted on YouTube Two teenagers have been arrested as part of a Scotland Yard investigation after computer hackers intercepted a call on a highly sensitive anti-terrorist hotline and leaked it on the internet. A…
15-year-old arrested for hacking 259 companies
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested for hacking into 259 companies during a 90-day spree. In other words, during the last quarter he successfully attacked an average of three websites per day. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber…
Suspected computer hackers arrested in France
Gang alleged to have to have broken into corporate networks in France, Russia and Iceland Experts at SophosLabs have welcomed the news that French authorities have arrested a total of 22 people suspected of running an international hacking gang that broke into business networks in France and overseas. According to French…
EPISD hacking suspect arrested in Mississippi
A 20-year-old Mississippi man was arrested by FBI agents on Thursday and charged with hacking into the El Paso Independent School District’s computer system last summer. The FBI arrested Kaleb Harper Ketchens in Meridian, Miss., after he was indicted on March 28 by a federal grand jury on two counts…
LulzSec accused Ryan Cleary arrested for emailing ‘Sabu’
Alleged LulzSec member Ryan Cleary was re-arrested last month for breaching his bail conditions by emailing the hacking group’s head ‘Sabu’ over the Christmas period, according to press reports. Cleary, 19, was originally bailed last June after being arrested days earlier for alleged DDoS attacks on a number of organisations…
Australian hacker arrested
An Australian teenager and a 17-year-old Dutch boy have been arrested in a multinational sting operation targeting online hacking. The boys were arrested last week after a tip off from a Korean student, who said to have been in a university chat-room when someone claimed to have hacked in to…
Teen arrested for hacking hundreds of KPN servers
Dutch police have arrested the teen accused of sowing a period of chaos in national telecoms giant KPN that ended up with the company suspending customer access to 2 million email accounts. Using the nicknames ‘xS’, ‘Yoshioka’ and ‘Yui’, the unamed 17 year-old is accused of launching attacks on a…
Laurel Man Arrested on Child Porn Charges
A Laurel man is behind bars after investigators say they found child pornography on his personal computer. View full post on computer forensic – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security