Nathan Grayson reports: South Korea’s new law that takes aim at those who hack online games in order to cheat at them, which went into effect last June, has hackers in hot water. Earlier this year, 13 Overwatch offenders were arrested, and now two have received their sentences. According to a post from Blizzard Korea—which…
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Hackers target Georgia Southern, Augusta restaurants
So if you want to prove a hacking bill is a bad idea, engaging in black hat/grey hat activities may not be the best way to persuade people. Tom Corwin reports: A hacking group upset with Georgia legislation that could criminalize what they do targeted Georgia Southern University and two Augusta restaurants in an ongoing…
GoAir sues former MD over data theft
Budget airline GoAir has filed a suit against its former CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, accusing him of data theft. Prock-Schauer, who joined GoAir rival IndiGo as its Chief Operating Officer starting February 1, was sued by GoAir in the Bombay High Court on February 13. The next hearing is expected in June. The court documents show…
Supreme Court to rule in Google referrer header privacy settlement case
David Zwier reports: The US Supreme Court granted certiorari [order list, PDF] in three cases Monday, including a dispute over a settlement in a Google privacy case and a Missouri death penalty case. In Frank v. Gaos [docket; cert. petition, PDF], the question before the court is, “in what circumstances a cy pres award of…
Data Breach Leaves Bezop ICO Participants Exposed
Ian Edwards reports: An unsecured database containing the sensitive private data of over 25,000 investors in the Bezop Network ICO was recently discovered, cybersecurity firm Kromtech said in a recent report. A MongoDB database containing “full names, addresses, email addresses, encrypted passwords, wallet information, along with links to scanned passports, driver’s licenses, and other IDs”…
AL: Montgomery woman finds tax documents while out running
Morgan Young reports: A shocking discovery was made by one Montgomery woman while she was jogging on the side of the road. Usually when Angela Vines runs, she says she’s in her zone, but one day last week, she was stopped. […] Dunn said he and his mother are thankful that Vines was the person…