From Damien: It has been confirmed that Randy Chavianowho, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2009 after being convicted of second degree murder will be given a new trial. Chavianowho, who is from Florida, USA, was found guilty of fatally shooting Carlos Acosta. Lawyers who were working on an appeal case discovered that…
Author: Dissent
Facebook denies that “Hannibal” has hacked Arabs’ Facebook accounts
In a series of posts on Pastebin, a hacker who calls himself “Hannibal” (for Hannibal Lecter), has dumped thousands of e-mail addresses and plain-text passwords that he claims are from Arabs’ Facebook accounts. Yesterday, he posted 20,000. Today, he posted 30,000 more. I contacted Facebook for a statement on the allegations that they have been hacked….
Zappos hacked; notifying 24+ million Zappos.com and 6pm.com customers of breach and to reset passwords
Online retailer Zappos has been hacked. Its CEO, Tony Hsieh, posted a copy of an email notification explaining the breach to all employees with a copy of the email notification sent to customers: The following email was sent to our employees today: Subject: Important – Security Dear Zappos Employees – Please set aside 20 minutes to carefully…
Commentary: Morally bankrupt hacktivism
One of the blogs that I check every day for news on data breaches is an incredible resource called cyberwarnews.info. Lee’s blog has been the source of a number of recent entries in DataLossDB. Today, Lee posted a commentary on his blog where he writes, in part: So to all the hackers, CWN continues to ask for…
UK: Crossing a line that should not be crossed: 8 officers resign over misuse of police database
Russell Myers reports: Eight police staff have lost their jobs after illegally accessing the confidential records of dozens of people on the Police National Computer. Of the eight, one police officer and one community support officer (PCSO) are facing criminal charges after an investigation by Essex Police found them guilty of gross misconduct. Another PCSO…
CoveritLive Warns Users of Possible Security Breach
While it isn’t indicated on its official site, the CoveritLive service has apparently been hacked and some personal user data may have been compromised, according to an email sent to subscribers this evening. The Live blogging technology is used by plenty of journalists, bloggers, and web sites as an easy way to blog live events….