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U.S. judge dismisses Uber driver lawsuit over data breach

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Dissent

Dan Levine reports: A U.S. judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit filed by an Uber driver against the ride service over a data breach disclosed by the company, according to a ruling on Monday. In February, Uber revealed that as many as 50,000 of its drivers’ names and license numbers had been improperly downloaded….

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UK: Aviva hit by another insider data theft

Posted on October 17, 2015 by Dissent

The Drum reports: Aviva has admitted that a number of its employees stole the details of customers leading to some receiving up to ten calls per day in a bid to persuade them to make personal injury claims. It is the second time the insurance company has been hit by a data theft: a similar…

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Russian Hackers of Dow Jones Said to Have Sought Trading Tips (UPDATED with Denial from Dow Jones)

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Dissent

Update: Dow Jones is totally denying the story. The Register reports Dow Jones issued the following statement: “To the best of our knowledge, we have received no information from the authorities about any such alleged matter, and we are looking into whether there is any truth whatsoever to this report by a competitor news organization,” said Colleen…

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IE: ‘Mystery’ how documents on Denis O’Brien ended up on USB

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Dissent

Mary Carolan reports: A consulting company has told the High Court that Denis O’Brien has left “clouded in mystery” exactly how material from the firm’s computers files ended up on a USB memory stick placed in an envelope sent anonymously to Mr O’Brien. Michael Collins SC, for Dublin-based Red Flag Consulting Ltd, said it was of “extraordinary concern” to…

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Feds charge Ardit Ferizi, a/k/a @Th3Dir3ctorY, with creating hit list of American military, govt employees for ISIS

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Dissent

Was a hack of a U.S. retailer used to develop an ISIL hit list of American military members and government employees? According to a federal complaint unsealed today,  it appears it was. From the Department of Justice: Malaysian authorities have detained Kosovo citizen Ardit Ferizi in Malaysia on a U.S. provisional arrest warrant alleging that he provided…

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Data dump suggests possible breach at Electronic Arts

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Dissent

Steve Ragan reports: A post to Pastebin containing account details for Electronic Arts (EA) customers hit a little too close to home for one gamer, who found his email address, account password, and games list among the harvested data. The data dump also included what appear to be dates of birth. A mere three hours…

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