From SAY San Diego, this press release: SAY San Diego (aka Social Advocates for Youth, San Diego) became aware of an incident impacting the security of data relating to certain participants in its Dual Diagnosis youth program, from 2013, and is taking action. Although there is no indication of actual or attempted misuse of participant…
Month: December 2017
Guest’s personal information stolen from Romulus hotel, police seek culprit
Dane Sager Kelly reports on low-tech theft of identity info: Police are asking for public assistance in identifying and locating a man in connection with the theft of personal information at a Holiday Inn on Nov. 28. […] On Nov. 28, at approximately 4:35 a.m., the front desk received a phone call from a woman who claimed…
Amateur Hacker Behind Satori Botnet
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A so-called “script kiddie” is behind the recently discovered Satori botnet that has scared security researchers because of its rapid rise to a size of hundreds of thousands of compromised devices. Researchers say that a hacker named Nexus Zeta created Satori, which is a variant of the Mirai IoT malware that was…
Appellate Court Rules IT Worker Liable Under CFAA for Sabotaging Employer’s Network
Hanley Chew + Tyler G. Newby of Fenwick & West LLP write: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act conviction of an IT worker who sabotaged his employer’s network, rejecting the argument that an IT worker’s authorized access to “impair” a computer network as part of…
Nissan Canada data breach may have exposed 1.1M finance customers’ information
Katie Dangerfield reports: Nissan Canada Finance says the personal information of approximately 1.13 million customers may have been exposed due to a data breach. In a media release sent Thursday, the company said the breach involved unauthorized person(s) gaining access to the personal information of some customers that have financed their vehicles through Nissan Canada…
Hackers Used DC Police Surveillance System to Distribute Cerber Ransomware
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A Romanian man and woman are accused of hacking into the outdoor surveillance system deployed by Washington DC police, which they used to distribute ransomware. The two suspects are named Mihai Alexandru Isvanca and Eveline Cismaru, Romanian nationals, both arrested last week by Romanian authorities part of Operation Bakovia that culminated with…