Credit Card Hacker to be Extradited

A court in Thailand has approved an extradition request from the U.S. for a Malaysian national accused of stealing credit card information. Gooi Kokseng, also known as Delpiero, is suspected of being involved in a crime ring accused of stealing approximately $150 million.

U.S. authorities filed an request with the Thai government who arrested Kokseng. If convicted, he could face up to one year in prison.

The compromised credit card accounts…

Russians Arrest Hacker for Transmitting Porn

Russian authorities have arrested a 40-year-old unemployed hacker in the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk who broadcast pornography over a large television screen outside in Moscow, according to an article on TheRegister.co.uk. Individuals walking or driving in the area were ‘treated’ to two minutes of pornographic material featuring “a white male and a black female having sex”.

At 11 pm on January 14, a large video screen display in…

Iceman Sent to the Cooler

Former security researcher-turned-hacker was sentenced to 13 years in prison for hacking financial institutions and stealing credit-card information.

Max Ray Butler, aka Iceman, was sentenced late last week to charges of identity theft and wire fraud.

In addition to the 13 years in prison, he will also face a five-year period of supervised release and face a fine of $27.5 million, which will be paid to his victims as restitution. This…

Black Hawk Closed Down: China Closes Down Hacker School

Police in the Hubei Province, China, have closed down a hacker training center and arrested three individuals, according to XinhuaNet.

The three individuals, who ran the Black Hawk Safety Net, are accused of providing hacker tools, which was recently made illegal in China’s criminal code.

The Black Hawk Safety Net has recruited more than 12,000 VIP members, collecting around 7 million yuan in fees for membership. An additional 170,000…

Hacker Sold VoIP Calls for $100,000 per Minute

Hacker Edwin Andrew Pena of Miami has admitted to selling around 10 million minutes of VoIP calls for approximately $1 million, according to The Register.

Pena routed the VoIP calls over telecommunication networks under the radar.

He pleaded guilty to two felonies; conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and unauthorized access to a protected computer. He skipped bail and was arrested in Mexico last year. Pena faces up to 25…

Vulnerability Found in E-Passports

Computer science researchers at a university in Britain have discovered a vulnerability in E-passports issued by the United States, U.K. and around 50 other countries, according to HomelandSecurityNewswire.

According to the researchers, the E-passports are vulnerable to “traceability attacks,” which allows hackers to remotely track a passport holder.

The vulnerability allows the hacker to follow the holder of the E-passport without having to first crack the cryptographic keys, which protect the…

Websites in Pakistan Hacked

Several websites in Pakistan were hacked last week, including the website of the Pakistani National Response Center for Cyber Crimes. The hacker was able to access a database of email addresses on one of the websites, according to an article on SCMagazineUK.com.

According a forum posting, the hacker claimed to have accessed the database while conducting a penetration test. The hacker was able to access…