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Ca: Privacy breach affects 200 patient records at Hamilton doctor’s office

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Dissent

The Hamilton Spectator reports: Ontario’s former privacy commissioner is “enormously” concerned after the medical privacy of more than 200 patient records was breached within a Hamilton doctor’s office. The Hamilton Family Health Team — a nonprofit corporation that provides clinical and administrative assistance to 166 doctors — confirmed Tuesday that personal letters were sent out…

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UK: TalkTalk hacker who blackmailed company chief during year-long cyber crime spree faces jail

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Dissent

While a 17 year-old teen got a rehabilitation order and had his phone confiscated for his role in the TalkTalk hack and other cybercrimes, 19 year-old Daniel Kelley is likely facing real jail time for his role in the TalkTalk hack and other crimes. Emily Pennink and Sam Russell recap the blackmail and other crimes Kelley admitted to at hearing,…

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Boy, 17, who showed cyber criminals how to carry out a £42m attack on TalkTalk is given a 12 month rehabilitation order and has his phone confiscated

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Dissent

Thomas Burrows reports: A 17-year-old boy who hacked TalkTalk has been given a 12-month youth rehabilitation order and had his iPhone and computer hard drive confiscated for his role in the multi-million pound data breach. The boy, who was 16 at the time, used a software ‘hacking tool’ which uncovered the weakness before posting details…

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Yahoo to Defend Massive Data Breach on Home Court

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Dissent

Daniel R. Stoller reports: Yahoo! Inc. will be defending multidistrict consumer data breach claims in its home territory in the federal trial court based in Silicon Valley ( In re Yahoo Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig. , J.P.M.L., No. No, 2752, transfer order 12/7/16 ). The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation assigned Judge Lucy Koh of…

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Hacker Claims Theft of Thousands of Passport Numbers from Russian Consulate

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Dissent

Joseph Cox reports: A hacker claims to have stolen thousands of passport numbers and other pieces of personal information from the website of a Russian consular department. The hacker, who calls himself Kapustkiy, plans to publish around a thousand records out of the 30,000 or so he allegedly obtained. The apparent target was ambru.nl, the…

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The man hacking India’s rich and powerful talks motives, music, drugs and next targets

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Dissent

Max Bearak reports: Somewhere in India, a young man is sitting in a room, parked in front of his computer, smoking copious amounts of marijuana and causing great embarrassment to some of the country’s biggest movers and shakers. He and a group of others — who he claims number in the “higher single digits” and are based around…

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