Texas – A computer hack set off all the emergency sirens in Dallas for about 90 minutes overnight in one of the largest known breaches of a siren warning system, officials in the Texas city said on Saturday.
The bitcoin account of the Israeli teenager suspected of calling in false bomb threats to Jewish organizations in the U.S. and elsewhere is worth millions of shekels, according to Israeli police, increasing suspicions that the youth received payment for providing services.
Cyber crook Paul Dixon has admitted targeting websites belonging to two police forces and British Airways.
Dubai, UAE – Dubai police have arrested foreign hackers who targeted five senior White House officials in a blackmail email scam, state-owned media reported on Monday.
The mother of an Israeli-American teen believed to have been behind hundreds of hoax bomb threats against Jewish institutions in the US said her son has diagnosed autism and could not control his actions due to a tumor in his brain.
An Israeli-American teen who is suspected of being behind a string of fake bomb threats directed at U.S. Jewish community centers and other targets worldwide was ordered by an Israeli judge on Thursday to remain in detention for another week.
BERLIN – The German parliament was the target of fresh cyber attacks in January that attempted to piggy-back on an Israeli newspaper site to target politicians in Germany, Berlin’s cyber security watchdog said on Wednesday.
Czech President Milos Zeman has alleged that hackers based in the US state of Alabama put child pornography on one of his computers a year ago, his official website said Monday.
The mystery of who made the threats against Jewish institutions and schools around the world was solved thanks to close cooperation between the FBI and its cyber attaché in Israel and the Israel Police—from the initial intelligence information to the global investigation and the arrest of an Israeli suspect.
Police are nearing the end of their investigation into a pair of Israeli hackers who allegedly caused damage estimated at 6 million shekels ($1.6 million), and predict that indictments will be filed against them soon.