Missouri Ski Resort Hit by Hackers

A Missouri ski resort has been hit by a little more than the usual downfall of snow: hackers.

Snow Creek ski resort in Weston and many of its credit card customers appear to have fallen prey to a cyber attack that was first detected last week, KansasCity.com reports. The company took its credit processing system off-line and warned customers to keep an eye out for suspicious activity on…

Iranian Cyber Army Hacks Voice of America

The Voice of America website has been attacked by Iranian hackers who defaced the homepage and disabled the organization’s online news service to more than 30 countries, according to NewZimbabwe.com.

Claiming to be the Iranian Cyber Army, the hackers defaced VOA’s main website and left a message addressed to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying, “Mrs. Clinton, do you want to hear the voice of oppressed…

Minister: Cyber Attack on Canada Didn’t Compromise Budget Data

Hackers who broke into the computer system at Canada’s Finance Department and Treasury Board were not able to extract any confidential information on the forthcoming federal budget, according to Finance Minister James Flaherty.

“There’s no suggestion that budget secrecy has been compromised in any way in my finance department,” the minister told reporters in Paris, according to Reuters. “We’re concerned about it.”

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OPM Pushes Forward with Cyber Workforce

The Office of Personnel Management will use the results of a recent governmentwide cybersecurity survey to determine which skills are essential for cybersecurity professionals and develop a plan for successful recruitment, performance and development in federal cybersecurity positions.

“Cybersecurity is essential to protecting the American people,” said OPM Director…

Romanian Conman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Online Bidders

A Romanian man has pleaded guilty to one count each of wire fraud and conspiracy for his role in moving and hiding the illegal proceeds of an international fraud that targeted Internet bidders.

Court documents say 33-year-old Adrian Ghighina of Bucharest, Romania, came to the United States in 2004 acting as a money mule in an online fraud conspiracy. Ghighina’s co-conspirators created fake online auctions for expensive…

Survey: Security Pros ‘Stretched Thin’ Due to Higher Tech Adoption

The growing number of technologies implemented by businesses is posing a challenge to information security executives and their staffs, potentially jeopardizing the security of government agencies, corporations and consumers worldwide over the next several years, according to a…

Report: Cyber Crime Costs UK $44 Million Every Year

British government estimates say cyber crime costs the nation more than £27 billion, roughly $43.5 billion a year, with industry experiencing the biggest economical loss.

A report by the Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance and BAE Systems-owned Detica released today concluded web crime is an expanding, widespread problem, and efforts to…

Maine-based Jeweler Gets Hacked

Police in Maine are investigating a security breach of a jewelry company’s computer system that potentially exposed  thousands of credit and debit card numbers, The Associated Press reports.

The Maine Credit Union League said in a release the breach impacts customers who made purchases at Day’s Jewelers’ six stores last November and December, Sun Journal said.

“We know based on talks with individual…

Russian Hackers Steal $80K from Pennsylvania Borough

Hackers were able to break into a Pennsylvania borough’s general fund account and transfer about $100,000 to another bank in the Midwest, according to Ephrata Mayor Ralph Mowen

Mowen said the hackers might have been Russians as the names on the accounts the money was initially wired to were “of Russian extraction,” according to Lancaster Online.

The mayor said he also believes the money has left the country…

China Denies Involvement in Cyber Attack against Canada

China today rejected reports suggesting it was behind a January cyber attack on the Canadian government that breached the Treasury Board and Finance Department and forced their websites offline, according to media reports.

Canadian news outlet CBC reported yesterday the attacks have been traced to servers in China. It was unclear…