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NY: Hackers breach City of Middletown computer system

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Dissent

Michael Randall reports: MIDDLETOWN – The city said Friday that computer hackers gained access to personal information of people who had contact with the Middletown Police Department. While an investigation has found no evidence of fraudulent misuse of personal information, the city is notifying those potentially affected by the breach and offering them free credit-monitoring…

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Anonymous’ Most Notorious Hacker Is Back, and He’s Gone Legit

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Dissent

Andy Greenberg reports that Hector Monsegur, formerly known as “Sabu,”  has turned white-hat penetration tester with Rhino Labs. I’ll go out on a limb here and predict that the article will anger those who still blame him for helping law enforcement identify and prosecute other hackers and hacktivists. Read the story on Wired.

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Seattle Indian Health Board notified almost 800 patients after email hack

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Dissent

From their notification of October 8: The Seattle Indian Health Board experienced a security attack to an employee email account on August 10, 2016. Access to the account lasted approximately 4 hours before the Seattle Indian Health Board IT department shut down the email system. The information accessed may or may not have included patients’…

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Martin Gottesfeld, Anonymous hacktivist, charged over hospital DDoS attacks

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Dissent

Andrew Blake reports: Felony hacking charges were handed down Wednesday to a Massachusetts man accused of disrupting the computer networks of Boston-area hospitals with a 2014 digital protest waged under the name of hacktivist group Anonymous. Martin Gottesfeld, 32, was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday on one count each of computer hacking and conspiracy…

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Weebly Confirms Data Breach Affecting More Than 43 Million Users

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Dissent

From LeakedSource.com: Well known San-Francisco based “drag-n-drop” website creator Weebly.com had information on 43,430,316 users leaked from its main database in February of 2016. This database was provided to us by an anonymous source. Each record in this mega breach contains a username, email address, password, and IP address. Unlike nearly every other hack, the…

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How Russia Pulled Off the Biggest Election Hack in U.S. History

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Dissent

Thomas Rid reports: On an April afternoon earlier this year, Russian president Vladimir Putin headlined a gathering of some four hundred journalists, bloggers, and media executives in St. Petersburg. Dressed in a sleek navy suit, Putin looked relaxed, even comfortable, as he took questions. About an hour into the forum, a young blogger in a…

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