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Author: Dissent

LulzSec: Be more afraid of what hasn’t been released publicly

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dissent

Posted on Pastebin: Dear Internets, This is Lulz Security, better known as those evil bastards from twitter. We just hit 1000 tweets, and as such we thought it best to have a little chit-chat with our friends (and foes). For the past month and a bit, we’ve been causing mayhem and chaos throughout the Internet,…

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Patients warned of data theft after burglary at Mill Valley doctor’s office

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dissent

A reader kindly reminded me that I had posted something to PHIprivacy.net that probably should have been posted here as well, so here we go….   Will Jason reports: Patients at a Mill Valley medical office have been warned that credit card numbers and other personal information may have been compromised after a computer was…

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Japan to jail computer virus creators

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dissent

AAP reports: Japan will punish people who create or wilfully spread computer viruses with fines and prison terms of up to three years under a new law. Under the law, enacted by parliament today, police can seize email communication logs of suspects from internet service providers, among other information. The action, which has met with…

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(follow-up) UK: Surrey Council boss admits confidence breach ‘mistakes’

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dissent

Surrey County Council’s chief executive has addressed staff about the ‘irony’ of it picking up a record fine for ‘shocking’ breaches of privacy after he had praised them for their performance. CEO David McNulty made the comments to staff on June 8 in an internal email titled Be Sure You’re Secure. The email followed the…

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Virgin alerts infected customers

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dissent

About 1,500 customers of internet service provider Virgin Media have been warned that their PCs are infected with a malicious virus. The targeted customers had fallen victim to the SpyEye trojan that steals log-ins for online bank accounts. Letters have been sent to those affected, giving them advice on how to clean up their computers….

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Hacked logins used to buy condoms and hijack PayPal, Facebook accounts

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dissent

Ben Grubb and Asher Moses report: Australians are being advised by the government to change and vary their passwords after miscreants began using the logins of thousands of people leaked on to the web to break into Facebook and PayPal accounts. One claims to have bought a packet of condoms “for an elderly woman” using…

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