P. Naveen reports: BHOPAL/JABALPUR: A portal of Madhya Pradesh police was hacked for third time by Pakistani hackers. Hackers calling themselves “Pakistani cyber attackers” defaced the official website of Jabalpur police with Pakistani flags and slogans claiming revenge against Indian attacks. The website www.jabalpurpolice.org was hacked with a handle – Hunter Gujjar — at 11.30am….
Month: November 2015
UK: Bluebox Broadband: 3,000 customers’ details published online
Angelique Lu reports: Details of more than 3,000 customers or potential customers of Bluebox Broadband have been published online. It is currently unknown who is responsible for the leak of names, email addresses and phone numbers. Read more on BBC.
Supervising Cybercrime Offenders Through Computer-Related Conditions: A Guide for Judges
Orin Kerr helpfully tweeted a link to a guidance for judges on restricting access to computers as a condition of probation and supervised release. Because it’s a condition that’s come up in a number of hacking-related sentences, I thought I’d post it here: Supervising Cybercrime Offenders Through Computer-Related Conditions: A Guide for Judges Stephen E. Vance…
Hervé Falciani, self-proclaimed HSBC whistleblower, sentenced in absentia to five years’ jail over biggest leak in banking history
Juliette Garside has the latest development in a case I’ve been covering on this site since 2009 (my earlier coverage is no longer available as the previous incarnation of PogoWasRight.org was not importable into WordPress). The whistleblower who exposed wrongdoing at HSBC’s Swiss private bank has been sentenced to five years in prison by a…
NY: Blauvelt car salesman stole customer IDs: cops
Mike Donofrio reports that a car salesman employed at Rockland Nissan in Blauvelt has been arrested and charged with using customers’ information to open credit cards. Read more on LoHud.
Sony Slapped With Negligence Suit By Ex-VP On Hacking Anniversary
It ain’t over ’til it’s over. Dominic Patten reports: A year to the day that Sony was ripped open by a massive hacking, the fallout continues from the public disclosure of private and corporate information. While one set of lawsuits move towards a multi-million settlement, today the studio’s former VP, Global Commercial Planning and Innovation Amy Heller hit…