Brian Krebs reports: Online advertising firm Sizmek Inc. [NASDAQ: SZMK] says it is investigating a security incident in which a hacker was reselling access to a user account with the ability to modify ads and analytics for a number of big-name advertisers. In a recent posting to a Russian-language cybercrime forum, an individual who’s been known…
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NZ retailer Kathmandu Holdings flags suspected data breach at websites
Reuters reports: March 13 (Reuters) – New Zealand-based outdoor clothing and equipment retailer Kathmandu Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday it was “urgently investigating” a suspected customer data breach at its online trading websites.v The company said an unidentified third party gained unauthorised access to its website platform between Jan. 8 and Feb. 12 and might…
NC: Pasquotank-Camden EMS notifies 40,000 after hacking incident
On February 25, Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Medical Service in North Carolina reported a breach to HHS that affected 20,420 patients. A notification sent to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office explained that sometime in late December, 2018, the county became aware of an unauthorized intrusion from outside of the U.S. Investigation revealed that the intruder was able…
Citrix discloses security breach of internal network
Catalin Cimpanu reports: American software company Citrix disclosed today a security breach during which hackers accessed the company’s internal network. In a short statement posted on its blog, Citrix Chief Security Information Officer Stan Black said Citrix found out about the hack from the FBI earlier this week. Read more on ZDNet.
Tufts expelled a student for grade hacking. She claims innocence
Zack Whittaker dives into the case of a Tufts veterinary student expelled for allegedly hacking Tufts to try to alter grades. As he reports in his meticulously researched and detailed piece: The case Tufts presented seems compelling, if not entirely believable. There’s just one problem: In almost every instance that the school accused Filler of…
NY Appellate Court Slams Use of Hacked Email
Craig A. Newman of Patterson Belknap writes: When we hear about discovery abuses in litigation, we often think of overzealous lawyers using obstructionist tactics. Such behavior, however, rarely involves litigants hacking into the email of an adversary or accessing privileged attorney-client communications that disclose litigation strategies. But in a unanimous rulinglast week, a New York…