Catalin Cimpanu reports: A former Yahoo engineer was sentenced to five years of probation and home confinement for hacking into the personal accounts of more than 6,000 Yahoo Mail users to search for sexually explicit images and videos. Reyes Daniel Ruiz, 34, of Tracy, California, will only be allowed to leave his home for work,…
Month: July 2020
Brazil’s Hapvida Discloses Cyber Breach, Potential Client Data Leak
Reuters reports: Brazilian health insurer Hapvida said in a securities filing on Monday it has suffered a cyber attack potentially involving access to the personal information of its customers. Hapvida said, after a preliminary assessment of the security breach, that the attackers did not access customers’ medical records or financial information. Read more on U.S….
Soldier accused of leaking troop details to Satanic neo-Nazis pleads not guilty
Tim Darnell reports: Former Army private Ethan Melzer has pleaded not guilty to a six-count indictment stemming from an alleged plot to kill fellow US troops in the name of a satanic neo-Nazi group. Last month, Melzer, 22, of Louisville, Kentucky, was indicted for allegedly planning an attack on his U.S. Army unit by sending sensitive…
How Cyberinsurance Is Responding to Ransomware: An Interview with Ken Suh, Mark Singer, and Marcello Antonucci
Daniel Solove writes: Ransomware has long been a scourge, and it has been growing into a pandemic with no signs of slowing down. I recently had the opportunity to discuss ransomware with several experts at Beazley. Based in Chicago, Ken Suh is the focus group leader for cyber & tech claims at Beazley. Mark Singer is a cyber & tech claims…
Data breach at Canadian insurance firm exposes personal information
Jessica Haworth reports: A security breach at a Canadian insurance firm may have exposed the personal data of clients, the company warns. Heartland Farm Mutual, which provides insurance for agricultural businesses across Canada, says a “small number” of personal records may have been accessed by an unknown party during the incident. Read more on The Daily…
Extraterritorial Application of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
William K. Kane and Melissa M. Mikhail of SheppardMullin write: A brazen and sophisticated computer intrusion into the records of over 145 million Americans launched from computer hackers based in China led to recent criminal prosecutions under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. [1] Courts are willing to extend American law beyond U.S. boundaries often when criminal…