WTVR reports: Former Lee-Davis High School special education teacher Christopher Brannan was sentenced to 34 months in prison for his role in the ‘Celebgate’ Apple iCloud hacking which resulted in the release of people’s private photos and videos. Christopher Brannan, 31, was previously convicted of unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft….
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ShareThis breach notification
In my inbox last night: Hello, At ShareThis, protecting the security of the information in our possession is a responsibility we take very seriously. We write to notify you of a data security incident that may have exposed some of your personal information. This notice explains the incident and steps ShareThis has undertaken to address…
US Government Returns Bitcoins Retrieved Following 2016 Bitfinex Hack
Daniel Palmer reports: Bitfinex has announced that some of the bitcoin stolen in a major 2016 hack has been returned by the U.S. government. In a blog post published Monday, the exchange said that 27.66270285 BTC â worth just over $104,000 at time of writing have been received from the U.S. government, and come as the…
BD: Two students arrested for ‘hacking over 20 websites’
From The Daily Star: The cyber unit of Bogura police has arrested two students from Chandpur and Gopalganj since Thursday on charges of hacking more than 20 websites. The arrestees are Bashir Ullah Sarder, 21, a 3rd-year student of a polytechnic institute in Gopalganj, and Azhar Uddin Abir, 19, a 2nd-year HSC student at a…
Prosecutors recommend prison sentence in ‘celebgate’ hacking case
AP reports: Federal prosecutors have recommended a sentence of nearly three years in prison for a former Virginia high school teacher convicted of hacking into private digital accounts of celebrities and others. Christopher Brannan pleaded guilty in October to aggravated identity theft and unauthorized access to a protected computer. He was the fifth person charged…
Grassroots List of Cybersecurity Indictments of State-Sponsored Hackers
Seen at Meritalk: Katie Nickels, a threat intelligence expert for MITRE, released a grassroots compiled list of recent cybersecurity indictments of state-sponsored hackers earlier this week. The list, which is compiled in a Google Doc, includes 30 indictments at the current moment, spanning from June 2011 to Feb. 2019. “When I tweeted that I wanted…