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Ca: Empire Life notifies customers of data breach

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Dissent

I don’t understand: if they detected and responded to this phishing incident in November, 2015, why are they first issuing this statement now? June 17, 2016 (Toronto, Ontario) – The Empire Life Insurance Company (Empire Life) announced today that the company is responding to a data breach that may affect a number of its customers. On…

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Monsanto Says Worker Stole Data

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Dissent

Jacob Bunge reports: Monsanto Co. sued a former computer programmer, alleging he stole proprietary files after resigning to explore a job at a Chinese seed company. The lawsuit comes as the agriculture industry’s embrace of high-tech software and analytics, led by big companies like Monsanto and Deere & Co. as well as startups, has opened…

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To the anonymous researchers who contacted me

Posted on June 20, 2016 by Dissent

Several weeks ago, I reported that some researchers had contacted me anonymously to give me a slew of vulnerabilities they had uncovered in their research. As a result of the FBI’s over-the-top raid on Justin Shafer, they had become scared of trying to notify entities of what they had found. They left it up to me to decide…

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NJ financial advisor admits identity theft that cost clients $500k

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Dissent

Sergio Bichao reports: A Middletown financial advisor accused of bilking nearly 20 clients out of a half million dollars has pleaded guilty to the charges against him. Christopher D. Biello [aka Christopher Sherman], 43, is facing as many as 14 years in prison when he is sentenced Nov. 4, and may be ordered to pay…

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GoToMyPC accounts hacked, all customer passwords reset

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Dissent

Graham Cluley reports: Experiencing a problem logging into GoToMyPC? There’s a reason for that. Your password has been reset by Citrix, the company which runs GoToMyPC.com, after hackers reportedly attacked the service. Read more on GrahamCluley.com. I wonder what the “very sophisticated password attack” was.

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How Hired Hackers Got “Complete Control” Of Palantir

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Dissent

William Alden reports: Palantir Technologies has cultivated a reputation as perhaps the most formidable data analysis firm in Silicon Valley, doing secretive work for defense and intelligence agencies as well as Wall Street giants. But when Palantir hired professional hackers to test the security of its own information systems late last year, the hackers found…

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