Interesting. The Columbia Falls School District Number 6 in Montana, who had been attacked by TheDarkOverlord, sent out notification letters and notified the Montana Attorney General’s office on January 5. In their submission to Montana, they note that the breach began September 1, and ended on November 13. In actuality, the November 13 date was…
Month: January 2018
Early Release Denied For Leader Of Russian Hackers Group Humpty Dumpty
RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty reports: A court in Moscow has refused to grant early release to the leader of a group believed to be behind the hacking of high-profile Internet accounts, including the Twitter account of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The Lefortovo District Court on January 12 rejected a motion for the release on parole for Vladimir…
Russian hackers who compromised the DNC are targeting the U.S. Senate
Shane Harris reports: The Russian hackers who stole emails from the Democratic National Committee as part of a campaign to interfere in the 2016 election have been trying to steal information from the U.S. Senate, according to a report published Friday by a computer security firm. Beginning last June, the Russian hackers set up websites…
New Event of Note: International Privacy+Security Forum: Feb. 26 and Feb. 27
One of the absolute joys of blogging about privacy and breaches for the last 11+ years is that I’ve had the opportunity to meet so many fantastic scholars and practitioners. But I’ve only had that opportunity because a few people have done the hard work to organize events and to graciously offer to comp me so…
North Carolina introduces data breach legislation
Bradley Barth reports: More than 5.3 million residents of North Carolina were victims of data breaches in 2017 – an escalating trend that has prompted state Attorney General Josh Stein (D) and state Rep. Jason Saine (R) to introduce newly proposed legislation to prevent further incidents and protect the public. Unveiled on Jan. 8, the…
Hundreds left vulnerable to hackers after Johnson and Johnson data blunder
Aaron Rogan reports: The home addresses of hundreds of Irish people have been published online in a data breach by a pharmaceutical company. A cybersecurity expert said the error may leave people vulnerable to hackers as the company also shared email addresses that may be linked to other online accounts. As part of a promotion…