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2 Plead Guilty in 2016 Uber and Lynda.com Hacks

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Dissent

Mike Isaac reports: Two men pleaded guilty in federal court in San Jose, Calif., to charges of computer hacking and an extortion conspiracy on Wednesday, capping a thorny legal saga that ensnared tech companies like Uber and LinkedIn in data breach scandals. The resolution of the case comes as Americans grapple with theft and misuse…

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Former Senate Aide Gets Probation For Helping Dox Republicans Over Kavanaugh Hearings

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Dissent

Bobby Allyn reports: A former Democratic Senate staffer was sentenced to two years of probation this week for helping another onetime staff member break into a Senate office late at night to hack government computers. Their actions exposed the private information of five Republican senators, in an act of retaliation for their support of Brett…

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Smith’s Food & Drugs: Worker fired after improperly disposing of prescription records

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Dissent

AP reports that Smith’s Food & Drug, a division of Kroger, has terminated an employee who improperly disposed of thousands of old prescription records from a Nevada Store. The firm said it discovered on August 29 that the employee had discarded nearly 58,000 prescriptions in July. The incident reported above does not appear to be…

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SC: Prisma Health discloses third patient data breach in two months

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Dissent

Noah Feit reports: Patients and volunteers at several Midlands hospitals might have had their personal information exposed online, according to Prisma Health. The problem was discovered after a Prisma Health employee’s login credentials were compromised, said Tammie Epps, a spokeswoman for the largest hospital system in South Carolina. Read more on The State. I had…

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UCR vulnerability may have exposed private information

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Dissent

Seen on Landline: A problem with the Unified Carrier Registration plan’s website may have exposed Social Security or Tax ID numbers for thousands of users. UCR indicated that the vulnerability existed between March 1st and March 28th, 2019. The information exposed includes 23,000 Social Security numbers. After a bit of searching, I found the actual notice from…

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Patient’s attorney files claim against SF over Laguna Honda abuse: ‘He’s angry. He wants answers’

Posted on October 29, 2019 by Dissent

Joshua Sabatini reports: A middle-aged, disabled man who is among a number of patients impacted by the abuse scandal at Laguna Honda Hospital is angry and wants answers, according to his attorney who has filed a legal claim against The City. “Having those answers is part of the healing process,” said the patient’s attorney, Sara Peters, with the law…

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