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MO: St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter won’t be charged in F12 “hack” case

Posted on February 12, 2022 by Dissent

KMTZ reports some welcome news: A Cole County prosecutor will not file charges against a reporter from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for the alleged data breach of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education website. Prosecutor Locke Thompson said in a release while reviewing the case that it would not be in the best…

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Agency Finds ‘No Error’ as Scammer Steals $15K from Excluded Workers Fund for Luxury Watches

Posted on February 11, 2022 by Dissent

Rommel H. Ojeda reports: On December 3rd, Stephanie, a Chinese immigrant and resident of Nassau County, was skeptical about using the ATM at her 7/11 in Garden City. She had seen warnings in the news about credit card skimming that had taken place in New York City. She inspected the ATM with scrutiny, looking for any…

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Canadian Hacker Bowser Sentenced To Three Years In Jail For Crimes Against Nintendo

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Dissent

On February 4, we learned that the government was seeking a 5-year sentence for Canadian hacker Gary Bowser, in addition to restitution, and three years supervised release following prison. Today, Bowser was sentenced to three years in prison. Kate Gray reports: Bowser’s group built and sold devices that were used to hack consoles, which can…

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One year after it started, LendUs discloses that they had a breach

Posted on February 10, 2022 by Dissent

As you read the following press release, note that they do not tell us when they first discovered that there might have been a security breach or incident.  Nor do they tell us how they first discovered it.  And what’s with this “out of an abundance of caution” claim?  If you can’t figure out what…

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Georgia voter info posted online after breach of software company

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Dissent

Mark Niesse reports: A data breach of the voting software company EasyVote Solutions exposed Georgia voters’ registration information on the internet, the company confirmed Tuesday. Public information about voters was posted to an online forum, but the breach didn’t involve Social Security numbers or driver’s license numbers, said Charles Davis, chief financial officer for EasyVote. Voter…

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East Bay Community College Data Breached In Ransomware Attack

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Dissent

Shawn Taylor reports: Ohlone College was hacked in late January and the private information of some current and former students, staff and faculty was compromised, including Social Security and bank account numbers, according to school officials. The community college said in a Feb. 4 notice on its website and letters sent to students it had…

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