There’s a follow-up to a case previously noted on this site. From the USAO, Northern District of Georgia: Aaron James Glende a.k.a. IcyEagle has been sentenced to four years and two months’ imprisonment for access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. Glende sold stolen personally identifying information and login credentials on AlphaBay Market, a website…
Month: December 2016
AU: Two more SA Health workers sacked for spying on patient records
Brad Crouch reports: Two more SA Health staff have been sacked in the past three months for spying on patient records, bringing the total to seven people terminated in the past year. Another staff member quit prior to the allegations being substantiated and a volunteer was also terminated, while four other staff members were disciplined….
Fatal flaws in ten pacemakers make for Denial of Life attacks
Darren Pauli reports: A global research team has hacked 10 different types of implantable medical devices and pacemakers finding exploits that could allow wireless remote attackers to kill victims. Eduard Marin and Dave Singelée, researchers with KU Leuven University, Belgium, began examining the pacemakers under black box testing conditions in which they had no prior…
Nikkei employee accused of hacking deleted personal data on over 100 celebrities
A 29-year-old employee of the Nikkei business daily, arrested on Nov. 30 for allegedly making unauthorized access to the e-mail accounts of celebrities, deleted personal data such as phone numbers of more than 100 actresses and models from his mobile phone immediately after another man was arrested over a similar incident in May, it has…
Notice of Data Incident to the Past and Present Clients of Hillary Tentler, CPA
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 30, 2016 — On November 4, 2016, Hillary Tentler discovered that her home was broken into that day. Upon discovery, she immediately notified the Santa Barbara CountySheriff’s office and a police report was filed. Unfortunately, along with personal effects, the burglars stole three back up hard drives for her CPA practice. On November 9, 2016, the Sheriff’s…
Court Authorizes Service of John Doe Summons Seeking the Identities of U.S. Taxpayers Who Have Used Virtual Currency
The government’s press release on an issue mentioned previously: a broad warrant for records on everyone who used Coinbase. The government appears to be going on a fishing expedition with court authorization. Oh well, the Fourth Amendment had a good run, I guess. A federal court in the Northern District of California entered an order today authorizing the…