Hackers Bust into Zoos, Mess with Trump and Threaten Syrian Humanitarian Watchdogs
Orangutan infant Aurora, 1, seems to be contemplating life after eating breakfast at the Houston Zoo Thursday, March 29, 2012. Pat Sullivan/AP File Photo
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Zoo Souvenir Buyers across America Might Have Been Hacked
A company that handles gift shop payments at the Detroit Zoo, Houston Zoo and around 10 other zoos suffered a data breach
Debit and credit card information, including customer names, expiration dates and three-digit CVV security numbers, was potentially compromised by the attack against the firm, Service Systems Associates.
Pro-ISIS Hackers Delete Syrian Humanitarian Files
The director of the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdelrahman, said members of a group calling themselves "The Cyber Army of the Khilafah" deleted files from the Observatory's site, and posted a mock image of him in an orange jumpsuit kneeling beside a black-clad militant holding a knife. The picture imitates scenes from ISIS execution videos, whose victims have included journalists and aid workers.
Presidential Contender Trump Trying to Fight Off Hackers
Investigators are probing a payment card breach that traces back to the Trump Hotel Collection, a chain of luxury inns affiliated with real estate titan Donald Trump.
An unidentified number of credit and debit cards that recently racked up fraudulent charges all had first been used at a Trump hotel.
Customers of Spyware Maker Hacking Team Exposed in Leak
Around 400GB of stolen internal files belonging to the Italian software firm were distributed online. The availability of the documents was advertised on Twitter, by the feed of the company itself. The hacker or hackers responsible for the data extraction also hijacked the Twitter account and renamed it "Hacked Team."