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UK’s Information Commissioner repeats call for stronger sentences for data thieves

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Dissent

In the wake of another ridiculously light penalty for data theft, U.K.’s Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, has repeated his call for stronger penalties. The comments come as an employee of a car rental company was sentenced for stealing customer information that accident claims companies could use to make nuisance calls. Sindy Nagra, 42, from Hayes, sold almost 28,000…

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Car Breathalyzer FIrm Gets Hacked, Internal Docs Dumped on Dark Web

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Dissent

Joseph Cox reports: Earlier this week, a hacker called ROR[RG], who acts as the moderator of the recently re-booted Hell hacking forum, dumped supposed internal documents of LMG Holdings, and more specifically, at least one of the companies it owns, “LifeSafer,” which describes itself on its website as “the nation’s leader in ignition interlock technology.” […] The data itself…

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Ex-Cardinals Scouting Director to Plead Guilty to Hacking Houston Astros: Sources (UPDATED)

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Dissent

Brian Costa and Devlin Barrett are reporting that according to sources, Chris Correa, the former scouting director for the St. Louis Cardinals, is scheduled to plead guilty today in connection with an unauthorized breach of the Houston Astros computer network. Read more on WSJ. Update: The sources were right – he did plead guilty to five counts, as The…

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CAT Results 2015 Leaked At iimcat.ac.in – Hackers Released Merit Cutoff

Posted on January 8, 2016 by Dissent

Michael Jackson reports: The Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad (IIM-A) conducted the CAT Exam 2015 last year very successfully on 29th November 2015 and according to the latest news received, some hackers have hacked the official website of IIM-A and released the result of 2015 CAT exams of about 2,00,000 students. Every year, lakhs…

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Sophos acquisition Cyberoam victim of cyber attack

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Dissent

Varun Aggarwal that a cybersecurity firm in India had some explaining to do: Year 2015 did not end on a high note for the Indian cyber security firm Cyberoam that confirmed a cyber attack on its systems last week, resulting in possible leakage of its database that contained personal details of its customers and partners. An…

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Ringleader of Saks ID theft scheme pleads guilty

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Dissent

Jonathan Stempel reports: The ringleader of a scheme in which four former Saks Fifth Avenue employees used stolen customer data to buy $430,000 of luxury goods from the retailer’s flagship Manhattan store, with plans to resell them on the black market, has pleaded guilty, prosecutors said. Tamara Williams, 38, of Queens, pleaded guilty to grand…

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