It’s unusual to see a data breach lawsuit in the U.K., so this one will be one to watch. The Yorkshire Evening Post reports that approximately 2,000 employees are suing supermarket chain Morrisons over an insider data breach that involved the theft and posting online of the financial and personal details of 99,998 fellow employees by a…
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Dark Side: The rise and fall of a suburban hacker
Matt Hrodey had an interesting piece on Daniel Placek of Darkode infamy. It begins: Daniel Placek was just old enough to buy a beer when the FBI knocked on the door to his parents’ house in Bayside, where he was living, and seized his computer. Placek, a 21-year-old self-taught computer programmer, confessed most everything to the…
Privacy breach by Westpac?
In response to allegations (noted in this blog post) that police had obtained Nicky Hager’s account information from Westpac without any court order, the following news release by Felix Geiringer on Hager’s behalf was issued today. Via Scoop: Several people, including news media, have been seeking comment from Nicky Hager and his legal team about…
KS: USD 259 investigating computer hacking attempt
John Boyd reports that not much is known yet about a hacking attempt at USD 259: The Wichita Public School District is investigating a hacking attempt. USD 259 Superintendent John Allison said Monday morning that they do not know the extent of the attempt, but there doesn’t seem to be any evidence that it involves student…
NV: Sunrise Hospital employees fired for violating Lamar Odom’s privacy- TMZ sources
TMZ reports: Lamar Odom was betrayed by several staffers at Sunrise Hospital in Vegas, and we’ve learned they’ve been summarily fired. We’re told the workers were all trying to sneak a photo of Lamar as he fought for his life inside the hospital. Our sources say some of them tried to access his medical records, in violation…
The FBI recommends that you pay up if hackers infect your computer with ransomware
When I saw the headline, “The FBI recommends that you pay up if hackers infect your computer with ransomware,” my first thought was that someone goofed and omitted a “not” before “pay up.” I was wrong. Tess Danielson reports: If a hacker hijacks your computer with malware and holds your data for ransom, it’s probably…