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TX: Fourth Defendant Convicted in Scheme that Defrauded Electronic Arts of More Than $16 Million Worth of Virtual Currency

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Dissent

Anthony Clark, 24, was convicted today of wire fraud in connection with his involvement in a scheme to defraud a software company, Electronic Arts, of more than $16 million. The conviction was announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas and Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Leslie R. Caldwell. Clark’s conviction…

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WindhamCountyVT.gov site hacked, data dumped

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Dissent

On November 12,  @CyberZeist announced on Twitter that the Windham County Sheriff’s Office had been hacked, and that not only was the self-described blackhat giving away the full database, but he was willing to provide backdoor access to the site: Giving away #Backdoor access to Windham County Sheriff’s Office(https://t.co/dlaEW3AvCc)- https://t.co/F7IfQPf97m #HappyWeekend — CyberZeist (@cyberzeist) November 12,…

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UK signs order to extradite Lauri Love to U.S.

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Dissent

Kelly Fiveash reports: The UK’s home secretary, Amber Rudd, has signed an extradition order agreeing that hacking suspect Lauri Love should face trial in the US. Love’s family plan to appeal against the decision. The 31-year-old—who has Asperger’s syndrome—faces up to 99 years in prison and fears for his own life, his lawyers have said….

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In: Data of 34 million Keralites leaked in massive data breach; govt had ignored vulnerability reports

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Dissent

And this, kids, is what happens when an entity keeps ignoring vulnerability reports from researchers or infosec folks. In this case, an IT consultant, “N.T.R.,” hacked civilsupplieskerala.gov: “I wrote to the NIC several times pointing to the vulnerabilities and even called the civil supplies office warning them about a possible breach, but they ignored me….

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UK: Teenager admits to seven hacking offences in Talk Talk data breach

Posted on November 15, 2016 by Dissent

Sam Russell reports: A 17-year-old boy has admitted seven hacking offences linked to the TalkTalk data breach in October 2015. The teenager, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested in Norwich on November 3 last year and charged with breaching the Computer Misuse Act 1990 following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police’s Cyber…

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Secrets for hundreds of millions exposed in largest hack of 2016: Friend Finder Network

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Dissent

From LeakedSource.com: Friend Finder Network Inc is a company that operates a wide range of 18+ services and was hacked in October of 2016 for over 400 million accounts representing 20 years of customer data which makes it by far the largest breach we have ever seen — MySpace gets 2nd place at 360 million….

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