Waqas writes: The Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has his office website hacked by a hacktivist who hacks for #ForSyria. A hacker going with the handle of Dr.MwNs has hacked and defaced the official website of Prime Minister’s Office Sri Lanka earlier today. Read more on HackRead.
Month: August 2015
Security alert at Hover leads to password reset
There’s not much detail yet, but Graham Cluley reports: Website domain name registrar Hover has emailed users warning of possible “unauthorised access” to one of its systems, and told them that they will not be able to log into the service until they reset their passwords. Read more on GrahamCluley.com
Neiman Marcus Asks Full 7th Circuit to Consider Standing Ruling in Breach Suit
Michael Beder writes: A Seventh Circuit panel that allowed a data breach suit against Neiman Marcus to proceed misapplied the Supreme Court’s precedents on standing and, “if allowed to stand, will impose wasteful litigation burdens on retailers and the federal courts,” the retailer argues in a petition filed yesterday asking the full Seventh Circuit to rehear the…
Massachusetts Appeals Court Set to Consider Scope of Employer Liability for Employee Data Breaches
Breton Leone-Quick writes: … The legal liability of employers for data breaches by its employees is generally an underdeveloped area of the law. But a case currently pending before the Massachusetts Appeals Court will help determine the scope of this liability in Massachusetts. In the Superior Court case, Adams v. Congress Auto Insurance Agency, Inc., No. MICV2013-01322-D (Mass….
Facebook Hijacking Case Revived by 2nd Circuit
Adam Klasfeld reports: In a case involving sex, cyberbullying and the statute of limitations, a schoolteacher filed her lawsuit just in time to accuse of (sic) her ex-boyfriend of taking over her Facebook account to post obscene messages, the Second Circuit ruled on Tuesday. The court warned in its opinion that the case demonstrates the “troubling” predicament…
Remember Impero, the school software biz that went ape over a vuln? Someone’s got revenge
From the revenge-is-a-dish-best-served-however dept. Iain Thomson reports: A few weeks ago, Impero hit the headlines when it threatened to sue someone called Slipstream, who had published details of a security flaw with the firm’s software. Impero produces an application that allows network administrators in schools to remotely manage devices and networks, and the flaw would have allowed someone with…