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Internet Cut in Prayagraj, Sec 144 in Entire UP; Security Beefed Up Outside Umesh Pal’s Residence

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The brothers were shot dead at a point-blank range by three men posing as journalists, even as media personnel and police were present. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led UP government has ordered a high-level probe into the killings. “The chief minister has constituted a three-member judicial commission to probe the killing of Ahmad and Ashraf,” Special DG, of Law and Order, Prashant Kumar told PTI.

The probe was ordered at a high-level meeting in Lucknow, called by CM Yogi right after the incident on Saturday night. The three assailants were arrested from the spot and a detailed probe is on in the matter.

Besides, the postmortem of Atiq and brother Ashraf’s dead bodies will take place on Sunday amid tight security. A panel of five doctors will conduct the postmortem and the burial will likely take place at the Kasari Masari cemetery by late evening.

Briefing reporters in Prayagraj, Commissioner of Police Ramit Sharma said that the three assailants, who were arrested immediately after the incident, had joined the group of media persons who were trying to get sound bites from Ahmad and Ashraf.

“As per mandatory legal requirement, Atiq Ahmad and Ashraf were brought to the hospital for medical examination. According to preliminary information, three persons posing as journalists approached them and opened fire. Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were killed in the attack. The attackers have been held and are being questioned, ” Sharma said.

In the incident, Constable Man Singh suffered an injury to his arm and a journalist was hurt after he fell during the commotion that followed the shooting, the officer said.

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I was FBI’s most wanted hacker ‘Mafiaboy’ – I’m now terrified cyber attacks can bring down entire CITIES

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A BORED teenager “broke the internet” in one of the most infamous hacking attacks of all time – turning him overnight into one of the world’s most wanted men.

Michael Calce was just 15 when he brought down the biggest sites on the web, became the target of an FBI manhunt, and landed himself in prison.

Michael Calce was the infamous hacker known as 'Mafiaboy'

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Michael Calce was the infamous hacker known as ‘Mafiaboy’Credit: MICHAEL CALCE
As a 15-year-old he masterminded one of the worst cyberattacks America had ever seen

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As a 15-year-old he masterminded one of the worst cyberattacks America had ever seenCredit: Getty

The teenager managed to temporarily topple some of the world’s largest websites, including Amazon, eBay and Yahoo!

Now 39-years-old, Michael told The Sun Online how since breaking the internet, he’s spent the rest of his life trying to protect it.

The former hacker turned cybersecurity chief warned the world is not ready for a new terrifying frontier in cyber-warfare, which “scares the living daylights” out of him.

The need for protection of online services is greater than ever, with so many critical services and systems dependent on the tech.

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Inside the internet underworld where nerds are paid thousands to become hackers

He warned that hackers now have the power to weaponize infrastructure against whole populations – something as simple as hacking into a water treatment centre could poison thousands.

“The shock factor of a missile hitting a power grid has an immediate effect,” Calce explains. “A hacker sitting behind a computer and shutting down the grid doesn’t have the same effect, but the reality is the same.”

These current threats, he says, are far more serious than his own “internet breaking” onslaught back in 2000.

Michael’s hack attack caused an estimated $1.2billion worth of damage and landed him in a youth prison for eight months.

But havoc-causing aside, he exposed just how weak and vulnerable those early years of the internet were.

In a little less than a few minutes, a talented kid playing around on his computer had sent America spiralling with the knowledge that a new frontier of warfare had arrived – cyberattacks. 

“Imagine you’re 15 years old, and the president of the United States is talking about you and saying that they’re looking for you,” he tells The Sun Online.

Michael, who went by the online alias of Mafiaboy, had become public enemy number one in North…

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Hacking Forum Exposes Entire US No Fly List Of Over 1.5M Names As TSA Investigates

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Earlier this month, a Swiss hacker who goes by the name maia arson crimew exfiltrated a copy the US government’s No Fly List from an insecure server. This list, which names individuals who are forbidden from flying anywhere within US borders, is a subset of the Terrorist Screening Database and is kept hidden from the public. However, this list is now publicly available after an unknown actor posted the version accessed by crimew to BreachForums.

Crimew originally came into possession of this list when browsing the Jenkins servers on ZoomEye, which, similar to Shodan, lets users search for servers connected to the internet. The hacker happened to come across a Jenkins server operated by the airline CommuteAir. After digging through this server for a time, crimew discovered credentials for the company’s Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure. The hacker then used the credentials to connect to this infrastructure, which crimew found to contain a 2019 copy of the No Fly List, as well as a “selectee” list. This second list likely names all those who are subject to Secondary Security Screening Selection (SSSS).

In a blog post published by crimew, the hacker acknowledges that these lists are sensitive in nature before stating, “[I] believe it is in the public interest for this list to be made available to journalists and human rights organizations.” Crimew accordingly made the lists available for access upon request, requiring that applicants be journalists, researchers, or other parties with legitimate interest. The service hosting the lists, Distributed Denial of Secrets, further states that requests will probably be rejected if interested individuals don’t provide sufficient information to verify their identities and if said individuals are “hacktivist[s] that want to exploit the data” or “researcher[s] without a clear journalist or academic project.”

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BreachForums post sharing the No Fly List (click to enlarge)

Despite the apparent limitations on who can access this information, someone managed to obtain a copy of the lists and posted them for free on BreachForums. According to BleepingComputer, the No Fly List contains 1,566,062 entries and the…

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Cyberattack has kept an entire nation’s government offline for over a month

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The big picture: Cyberattacks targeting government institutions are nothing new, but they may be approaching new levels of severity. Recent cases this fall reveal that entire municipal or even national governments could be vulnerable to major disruptions from cybercriminals. The effects can knock whole populations decades back in time technologically.

Since early November, the government of the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu has been offline due to a cyberattack. Details on the nature of the attack are still unclear, and only around 70 percent of government services have been restored after a month.

Vanuatu’s newly elected government started noticing problems with official computer systems on the first day of its term on November 6. Eventually, all government computer services were disabled.

Officials couldn’t access government email accounts, citizens couldn’t renew their driver’s licenses or pay taxes, and medical and emergency information became inaccessible. For many everyday functions, the country reverted to pen and paper.

The government admits that it detected a breach in its centrally-connected systems in early November but won’t say any more. Some sources, including the press in nearby Australia, which sent specialists to help repair systems, claim the incident was a ransomware attack. However, Vanuatu’s government hasn’t yet confirmed the nature of the breach.

One reason to believe it could be ransomware is that a very similar incident occurred in a New York county about a month before Vanuatu’s government systems shut down.

On September 8, Suffolk County detected a ransomware attack and responded by shutting down its computer systems. The blackout affected government divisions ranging from the police to social services, which were forced to revert to early 90s technology for weeks. That meant using radio dispatches, paper checks, and fax machines.

Furthermore, the county announced that the attackers stole citizens’ personal information like driver’s license numbers. A county executive blamed a cyber gang called BlackCat – previously known for attacks in Italy and Florida.

Little information has emerged about Vanuatu’s level of preparedness…

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