TASS reports: A young married couple from St. Petersburg, who were detained in Italy under a Europol warrant that was issued at the request of France, are challenging an extradition ruling, Renato Musella, a lawyer for the couple, told TASS. He said they were detained in late August when they came for a vacation. “In…
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Consumers’ Data Breach Suit Against T-Mobile Sent to Arbitrator
Christopher Brown reports: Two customers’ allegations that T-Mobile failed to protect their personal information in a data breach and exposed information allowing their Coinbase cryptocurrency account to be hacked will be heard by an arbitrator. The arbitration agreement between T-Mobile and plaintiffs Jorge and Marcos Rodriguez clearly delegated threshold questions of arbitrability to the arbitrator,…
IRS consultant charged in leak of tax returns for Trump, wealthy Americans
Devlin Barrett and Spencer S. Hsu report: A Washington-based consultant for the Internal Revenue Service was charged Friday with stealing the tax returns of former president Donald Trump and thousands of wealthy Americans in 2019 and 2020 and providing them to two news organizations that reported how little the super-rich pay in federal income taxes,…
Michigan woman accused of identity theft, posing as a nurse faces up to 20 years in prison
CBS reports: A Western Michigan woman is facing up to 20 years in prison in connection to a “nurse imposter” case where she is accused of using a real nurse’s identity to obtain jobs as a registered nurse, officials said. […] According to the indictment, Gallarzo allegedly used the Michigan licensing number and the name…
FBI: Dual ransomware attack victims now get hit within 48 hours
Sergiu Gatlan reports: The FBI has warned about a new trend in ransomware attacks where multiple strains are deployed on victims’ networks to encrypt systems in under two days. FBI’s warning comes in the form of a Private Industry Notification prompted by trends observed starting July 2023. The federal law enforcement agency explains that ransomware affiliates…
Ransomware attack impacts 21 Pinal County school districts
Ford Hatchett reports: Pinal County schools confirmed to ABC15 Thursday night their data processing service consortium was attacked over the weekend, putting paychecks in jeopardy for some school employees this week throughout the 21 districts in the county. Read more at abc15. h/t, @douglevin