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Chinese Hackers Must Pay $8.9 Million for Law Firm Data Theft

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Dissent

There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Bob Van Voris reports: Three Chinese hackers who traded on data they stole from two top New York law firms were ordered by a judge to pay $8.9 million. U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni in Manhattan on May 5 fined the men and ordered…

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Some 2016 phishing incidents are still first being detected

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Dissent

Here’s another case where a 2016 phishing incident wasn’t detected until 2017: Ice Miller LLP represents Equian, LLC and its subsidiaries, including Nurse Audit, LLC (“collectively referred to herein as “Equian”). We are writing to notify you of a security incident involving the personal information of one (1) New Hampshire resident. On or about March…

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Company Awarded Damages After Former Employee Hacks Its Systems and Hijacks Its Website

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Dissent

Michael Bertoncini writes: A company can recover damages from its former employee in connection with his hacking into its payroll system to inflate his pay, accessing its proprietary files without authorization and hijacking its website, a federal court ruled. Tyan, Inc. v. Yovan Garcia, Case No. CV 15-05443- MWF (JPRx) (C.D. Cali. May 2, 2017). The…

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Funding Circle Error Exposes 6,000 SSNs Of American Clients

Posted on May 10, 2017 by Dissent

Thomas Fox-Brewster reports that Kromtech Security Research Center has been pretty busy this week: An upcoming London-based business loans provider, Funding Circle, left a database containing 6,000 social security numbers of American clients exposed to anyone on the internet, it emerged Wednesday. The company, which has helped companies bypass banks to borrow more than $1.5…

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Guardian Soulmates website suffers data breach

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Dissent

Zack Marzouk reports: Those looking for love on Guardian Soulmates have instead found explicit emails in their inboxes following a data breach. Guardian News & Media, parent company of the dating site, ruled out any outside hack, instead blaming it on human error by one of its third party technology providers. A spokesperson said: “We…

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“They’re back:” Grey Eagle Casino hackers dump more data

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Dissent

Back in January, this site reported that Grey Eagle Resort & Casino in Calgary had been hacked and some personal employee data had been dumped. At the time, the hackers threatened to dump more data. The casino never responded to multiple inquiries from this site about the breach, but did confirm it to Global News. No explanation…

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