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Former Hassan staffer accused of breaking into office, leaking info

Posted on October 14, 2018 by Dissent

Breanna Edelstein reports: Sen. Maggie Hassan’s former staffer Jackson Cosko is facing up to 50 years in federal prison amid accusations that he recently broke into the New Hampshire Democrat’s Washington office, leaked lawmakers’ personal information and threatened to do the same to others. Investigators said they were alerted to the 27-year-old’s alleged criminal activity after he used…

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NY: Rep. Peter King campaign website hacked

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Dissent

Scott Eidler recently reported that Rep. Pete King’s campaign website was attacked by a group that calls itself “Tim’s Army” (also known as “Ayyildiz Tim Siber Army”). The group has taken over the Twitter accounts of national political journalists, including Fox News’ Brit Hume and NBC’s Peter Alexander, posting Turkish propaganda, according to news media…

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Pentagon reveals cyber breach of travel records

Posted on October 13, 2018 by Dissent

Lolita C. Baldor reports: The Pentagon on Friday said there has been a cyber breach of Defense Department travel records that compromised the personal information and credit card data of U.S. military and civilian personnel. According to a U.S. official familiar with the matter, the breach could have affected as many as 30,000 workers, but…

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MindBody-owned FitMetrix exposed millions of user records — thanks to servers without passwords

Posted on October 12, 2018 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports: FitMetrix, a fitness technology and performance tracking company owned by gym booking giant Mindbody, has exposed millions of user records because it left several of its servers without a password. The company builds fitness tracking software for gyms and group classes that displays heart rate and other fitness metric information for interactive…

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Minnesota DHS Notifies Residents After Discovering Two Successful Phishing Attacks

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Dissent

KSTP reports: The Minnesota Department of Human Services were victims of a phishing email scam, where someone had the ability to access the information of approximately 21,000 individuals who interacted with the department. DHS confirmed the potential breach Thursday in a statement. DHS sent out a letter dated Tuesday to those individuals whose information may…

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Tech worker in Central Pennsylvania accused of stealing customers’ nude photos

Posted on October 10, 2018 by Dissent

Adam Hermann reports: A 23-year-old tech employee from York, Pennsylvania, is accused of stealing nude photos from customers’ cellphones. Cristian Adonis Santiago, 23, allegedly sent the personal photos to his own email account while working on customers’ phones in the store at an authorized retailer for Verizon Wireless, according to York Area Regional Police. Read…

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