Thomas Zambito reports: A Bulgarian national on Monday admitted his role in a $6 million IRS tax refund scheme that involved hacking into the computer networks of major accounting firms. Vanyo Minkov, 32, pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiring to file fraudulent tax returns during an appearance Monday before U.S. District Court Judge…
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Judge overturns ex-Goldman programmer’s conviction
Fred Imbert reports: A Manhattan judge on Monday tossed out ex-Goldman Sachs Groupprogrammer Sergey Aleynikov’s conviction in a code theft case. “With today’s decision, Sergey Aleynikov has been acquitted of every single crime two sets of prosecutors could conjure in their zeal to do the bidding of Goldman Sachs,” Kevin Marino, Aleynikov’s attorney, said in…
Hacking Team hacked, all files dumped (Update 2)
As seen on Twitter tonight: Since we have nothing to hide, we’re publishing all our e-mails, files, and source code https://t.co/dCBZAPTtpD https://t.co/Frr1ut01o5 — Hacked Team (@hackingteam) July 6, 2015 Their Twitter profile has also been, er… edited… to “Hacked Team:” @hackingteam Developing ineffective, easy-to-pwn offensive technology to compromise the operations of the worldwide law enforcement…
ME: Windham Man Sentenced to Three Months for Fraud and Identity Theft
Portland, Maine: United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Manuel J. Arruda, 46, of Windham, Maine was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court by Judge Jon D. Levy to three months in prison and two years of supervised release for mail and access device fraud and identity theft. He was also ordered to pay $11,962.85…
Insurer Claims That Hi-Tech Thieves Had Inside Help In Record Eli Lilly Heist
Edmund H. Mahony reports: In an effort to recover tens of millions in losses, the insurer for pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly is trying to prove that lax control over confidential, computer data by Lilly’s security contractor enabled thieves to use detailed schematics to carry out brazen warehouse burglaries in Enfield and elsewhere across the country….
Privacy Blunder Exposes Mozilla Developers’ Phone Numbers
Ionut Ilascu reports: AMO developers that signed for a free t-shirt from Mozilla had their information exposed for a short period of time due to poor configuration of the online form that collected the data. […] Anyone fitting one of the three eligibility categories has to reserve their t-shirt by signing up on a Google…