Mike Carter reports: In Russian cybercrime mastermind Roman Seleznev, the Department of Justice is boasting it finally caught and convicted a big fish in the often impenetrable world of global computer theft — and now the agency intends to make a lesson of him. Federal prosecutors will ask a Seattle judge Friday to sentence the…
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Millions of Fashion Fantasy Game accounts exposed in data breach, responsibility thrown to the wind
Charlie Osborne reports on an all-too-common situation: a site or vendor has a data breach and either doesn’t seem to know, despite repeated attempts to alert them, or doesn’t seem to care. In any event, while the world seems to know about a breach, the responsible firm continues on its way as if there is…
He’s got access to your students’ info and is trying to decide what to do. Now what will YOU do?
So far, I have not attempted to validate the claims in a post spotted on a dark web forum, below. I am posting it in the hopes that it will make some teachers – and school administrators – think about when was the last time they did a password reset, and might this be a good time to…
Miffed with Snapchat CEO, Indian hackers claim to have leaked data of 1.7 million app users
Shashank Shekhar reports: Anonymous Indian hackers claim to have leaked database of 1.7 million Snapchat users, which they hacked last year. The move by Indian hackers came in retaliation to Snapchat’s CEO Evan Spiegel’s remark on expanding the business to “poor countries” like India. According to Indian hackers, they had found vulnerability in Snapchat database…
Montreal man gives HP failing grade after data breach
And once again, we see why incident response is so important to reputation management. CBC reports: When Montrealer Hamid Shirdastian alerted tech company HP Inc. to a possible scam earlier this month, the company admitted to him it had been hacked, he told CBC — and then asked him for $100 to try to fix the problem. “I think…
Canadian judge denies bail to alleged Yahoo hacker, Karim Baratov
Rob Gillies reports: A judge denied bail Tuesday to a Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails, arguing he had the means and incentive to flee. Karim Baratov, 22, has alleged ties to Russian agents and access to significant amounts of cash, making him a serious flight risk if freed on bail,…