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Equifax admits it had another breach 5 months before the one it disclosed

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Dissent

Michael Riley , Anita Sharpe , and Jordan Robertson report: Equifax Inc. learned about a major breach of its computer systems in March — almost five months before the date it has publicly disclosed, according to three people familiar with the situation. In a statement, the company said the March breach was not related to…

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TheDarkOverlord v2.0: now with threats of physical violence?

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Dissent

You may have never heard of Flathead Valley in Montana. I’ll admit that I had never heard of it until tonight when I received a tip to go look at a post on their sheriff’s Facebook page.  And that’s when I learned that Flathead County schools had not only been hacked and threatened if they didn’t…

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Dutch Bitcoin Broker Litebit Suffers Second Data Breach in Six Weeks

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Dissent

JP Buntinx reports: Most European cryptocurrency enthusiasts have come across the Litebit.eu platform at some point. The company has quickly made a name for itself as one of the more prominent cryptocurrency brokers in the European market. It provides users with a convenient way to buy most major currencies with convenient payment methods, including instant…

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West Haven City Hall data breach probed

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Dissent

Mark Zaretsky reports: Police were called in Thursday morning to investigate a possible breach of City Hall computer servers, Mayor Ed O’Brien and Director of Finance Kevin McNabola confirmed Thursday night. McNabola said he didn’t know for sure what data, if any, the breach — discovered two days after Tuesday’s Democratic primary — involved or…

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Vevo Hackers Leak — Then Delete — Huge Trove of Internal Videos, Documents

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Dissent

Todd Spangler reports: A notorious hacker group broke into the servers of music-streaming service Vevo, releasing more than 3 terabytes of internal documents and video content online — before removing them later Friday morning at Vevo’s request. The purloined cache, posted by hacking and security collective OurMine, included videos, a batch of documents labeled “premieres,” as…

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AU: Hacker steals thousands of student records from WA TAFE

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Dissent

Apologies. I think I missed this one last week. Allie Coyne reported: An attacker has infiltrated the systems of a West Australian TAFE and accessed the sensitive personal details of more than 13,000 students. The unknown attacker gained unauthorised remote access to North Metropolitan TAFE‘s IT system on August 28 and September 5, WA Education minister Sue…

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