Chris Dolmetsch reports: The ringleader of a hacking scheme that targeted EBay Inc.’s online ticket exchange StubHub was sentenced to as long as 12 years behind bars, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. said. Vadim Polyakov, 32, was one of six men indicted in July 2014 on charges related to the ring, which stole personal…
Category: Business Sector
Ca: SaskPower employee fired for ‘snooping’ on more than 4,000 employee files
Alexa Huffman reports: Snooping on personal staff data, including SIN numbers, salaries and spouse names, led to a SaskPower employee being fired in January. According to a report released in June by the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ron Kruzeniski, the employee inappropriately accessed 4,382 human resources files from current and former employees at the…
Trillian Blog and Forums Security Incident
Thanks to the reader who sent in a link to this announcement from Cerulean. Without comment (I think readers can guess what it would be) What happened? On July 4th, 2016, a security breach and data disclosure related to a single server that powered the now-retired blog and forums occurred. We became aware of the breach…
Circuit Upholds Nosal Conviction in Key CFAA Decision
Ross Todd reports: Ruling in a case that tested the boundaries of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday upheld the conviction of former Korn/Ferry International recruiter David Nosal. Circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown found that Nosal had knowingly and intentionally…
“Life is Short. Get Investigated?” Ashley Madison facing FTC probe
I can’t say I’m surprised, but it’s nice to get some confirmation. Alastair Sharp and Allison Martell of Reuters report that the Federal Trade Commission is investigating Avid Life, parent company of Ashley Madison. But what is the scope of their investigation. Executives admitted to Reuters that the use of “fembots” is part of the investigation,…
Internet Bot Exposes 20 Million MTN Irancell Users’ Data
Waqas writes: In a strange incident, an Internet bot has been blamed for hacking 20 million MTN Irancell users, one of the most popular and second largest mobile phone operator in Iran. Fars news agency reported the incident took place on Telegram message app when a @MTNProBot appeared on the service allowing anyone to insert user’s phone number and collect their…