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U.S. authorities charge several people in SEC hacking scheme

Posted on January 15, 2019 by Dissent

Jonathan Stempel reports: U.S. authorities on Tuesday charged several individuals and companies in a scheme to trade on information in nonpublic corporate press releases by hacking into a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission database. In a filing with the U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey, the SEC said individuals in the United States, Russia…

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Are Indian firms too lax in data security and in responding to breach notices?

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Dissent

Thanks to assistance from  Banbreach and Huffington Post reporter Rachna Khaira in India, a leak of thousands of children’s names and grades, and their parents’ names and email addresses has finally been secured. But it really shouldn’t have been so difficult to accomplish.  Back in August, I was contacted by one of a few researchers who…

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NC: Arrest Made in ‘Sextortion’ Scam Involving More Than 40 Women, Including UNCG Students: Police

Posted on January 10, 2019 by Dissent

Fox8 reports: A man was arrested by UNC-Greensboro police after a three-month “sextortion” investigation, according to the university. Kevin Kerney, 31, of Denton, is accused of pretending to be a modeling agent to solicit photos and extort social media accounts of young women. UNCG reports the man offered the women the opportunity to become a…

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Ex-UBS Employee Charged With Data Theft on Trial in Switzerland

Posted on January 7, 2019 by Dissent

Hugo Miller reports: An ex-employee of UBS Group AG charged with stealing data on the bank’s clients and selling it to German tax authorities stands trial in Switzerland on Monday, in a case that rakes up the thorny issue of whether such leaks are the work of a whistleblower or a thief. The man, whom…

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Solis Mammography notifies 500 patients and HHS after laptop theft

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Dissent

Their press release of December 14: Ben-Ora, Hansen & Vanesian Imaging, Ltd. d/b/a Solis Mammography (“Solis”) is committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of our patients’ information. Regrettably, this noticeconcerns an incident that involved some of that information. On October 17, 2018, we learned that a Solis computer had been stolen from our Phoenix location…

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California Department of Insurance Vulnerability Potentially Exposed Thousands of SSN and Other Personal Information

Posted on January 5, 2019 by Dissent

DataBreaches.net was recently contacted by an Indian cybersecurity firm, Banbreach, about a vulnerability involving the California Department of Insurance site. According to Banbreach, they notified the California Department of Insurance (CDI) that interactive.web.insurance.ca.gov was hosting an oracle reporting server that had generated more than 24,450 reports in the prior 24 hours. Most of the reports…

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