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UK: Two plead guilty to 2015 TalkTalk data breach

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Dissent

Shaun Nichols reports the latest on the 2015 TalkTalk hack: Two chaps in the UK have admitted stealing more than 150,000 customer records from TalkTalk. Matthew Hanley, 22, and Connor Douglass Allsopp, 20, both from Tamworth, copped to charges in connection to the 2015 attack on the broadband ISP’s systems and subsequent attempts to sell people’s…

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Customer Data From Encrypted Phone Company Ciphr Dumped Online

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Dissent

Joseph Cox reports: The industry for so-called encrypted or secure phones is a lively one. Several firms sell custom BlackBerry or Android devices that may come pre-loaded with tools such as PGP email for sending messages, and some of these companies’ products have allegedly been used by organized crime. But it’s also a competitive market….

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US ISP Goes Down as Two Malware Families Go to War Over Its Modems

Posted on April 26, 2017 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Two malware families battling for turf are most likely the cause of an outage suffered by Californian ISP Sierra Tel at the beginning of the month. This outage took place on April 10, 2017, when Sierra Tel customers started complaining about losing Internet and telephone connectivity. While initially there were unconfirmed rumors…

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Chipotle warns of data security breach, recommends monitoring card statements

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Dissent

Melissa Stephenson reports: Chipotle Mexican Grill announced Tuesday that they have detected a data security breach. The company believes the breach may have affected transactions from March 24 through April 18. Read more on WTKR.

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A Week Later, Hacked Spyware Vendors Haven’t Warned Their 130,000 Customers

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Dissent

Joseph Cox reports: An alleged email apparently shows one employee explicitly telling staff not to warn customers the company was hacked. Tens of thousands of people are in the dark. Motherboard recently reported hackers had targeted two companies that sell spyware to the everyday consumer—Retina-X and FlexiSpy. Hackers made off with a mix of over…

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Ashley Madison blackmailers threaten to create Cheater’s Gallery exposing members who don’t pay up

Posted on April 25, 2017 by Dissent

Graham Cluley reports: Blackmailers are once again trying to make money out of the notorious Ashley Madison hack, which exposed the details of registered members of the cheating website in 2015. Robin Harris writes on ZDNet that he has received a blackmail threat, alerting him that unless he pays up $500 worth of Bitcoin his…

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