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Titanium Stresser programmer whose tools caused chaos must repay £70,000 or face further jail time

Posted on March 26, 2018 by Dissent

A computer hacker who was jailed after setting up a business which caused chaos all over the world must pay back nearly £70,000 or face another two years behind bars. Adam Mudd was just 16 when he created his Titanium Stresser program, which was used to carry out more than 1.7 million attacks on websites including…

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Nine Iranians Charged With Conducting Massive Cyber Theft Campaign on Behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Dissent

An Indictment charging Gholamreza Rafatnejad, 38; Ehsan Mohammadi, 37; Abdollah Karima, aka Vahid Karima, 39; Mostafa Sadeghi, 28; Seyed Ali Mirkarimi, 34; Mohammed Reza Sabahi, 26; Roozbeh Sabahi, 24; Abuzar Gohari Moqadam, 37; and Sajjad Tahmasebi, 30, all citizens and residents of Iran, was unsealed today.  The defendants were each leaders, contractors, associates, hackers-for-hire or…

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360,000 current and former Pennsylvania teachers notified of breach

Posted on March 23, 2018 by Dissent

So that breach in February affecting Pennsylvania teachers affected approximately 360,000 current and former teachers. A 30-minute exposure leads to so much cost and anxiety.  Ouch.

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ID: School district reports inadvertent disclosure

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Dissent

This item by Dr. Michael Garrett that appeared in the Clearwater Tribune appears to concern Joint School District #171 in Idaho. At approximately 7:35 a.m. on March 19, a supervisor brought to my attention that an employee had discovered personal employee information on the district website.  The information was verified in a payroll report which inadvertently…

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Six months after TheDarkOverlord attacked their district, School District 6 sends breach notification letters to parents

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Dissent

More than six months after the hacker or hackers known as TheDarkOverlord hacked and terrorized School District 6 in Columbia Falls, Montana, the district has sent parents breach notification letters revealing what they were able – and not able – to determine. Three versions of the March 19th letter, marked “Draft” and signed by Superintendent…

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UK: Hackers possibly in the U.S. target more than 400 schools with bomb hoax

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Dissent

Camilla Turner and Helena Horton report: American hackers targeted more than 400 schools with a bomb hoax, as more than a dozen police forces across the country launch investigations. Many schools sent urgent messages to parents asking them to pick their children up on Monday morning and drew up emergency evacuation plans, after receiving an email which…

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