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Hackers Claim to Auction Data They Stole From NSA-Linked Spies

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Dissent

Andy Greenberg reports: The NSA’S elite teams of hackers have for years made it their mission to silently compromise computer systems around the globe. Now one group of anonymous hackers claims to have executed a counter-hack with none of the same discretion: They’ve brazenly announced the theft of a collection of files they say belonged to…

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Athens Orthopedic Clinic incident response leaves patients in the dark and out of pocket for protection

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Dissent

On June 26, after learning that databases with patients’ protected health information had been put up for sale on the dark web, DataBreaches.net began investigating and trying to alert the victim entities so that they could take immediate steps to try to mitigate harm to patients. By that evening, I had sent an email to Athens Orthopedic…

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Quest Records LLC breach linked to TheDarkOverlord hacks; more entities investigate if they’ve been hacked

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Dissent

At the end of June, DeepDotWeb broke the story that hackers calling themselves TheDarkOverlord (TDO) had put three databases with patient information up for sale on the dark net.  Although the owners of the databases were not listed, DataBreaches.net was able to identify two of the three entities as the Athens Orthopedic Clinic (AOC) in Atlanta and Midwest Orthopedic Pain and Spine (MOPS) in Farmington, Missouri. Both entities…

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Pelosi bombarded with ‘obscene and sick’ calls, texts after cyber attack

Posted on August 15, 2016 by Dissent

As I’ve repeatedly noted over the years, sometimes even just contact info can  pose problems for people if it is breached. Erin Kelly reports:  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Saturday that she has been bombarded with “obscene and sick calls, voice mails and text messages” after her personal contact information was posted online Friday night in the wake of…

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Soros, the Open Society Foundations, and the Continued Political Hacks

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Dissent

RBS reports: As we reported previously, a website called DC Leaks published internal data about the Open Society Foundations, an organization run by George Soros that describes itself as working “to build vibrant and tolerant democracies whose governments are accountable and open to the participation of all people.” The bulk of the data, which totals 1.51GB…

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Russian MP’s son faces trial in US over $170 million hacking scheme

Posted on August 14, 2016 by Dissent

If you’ve been meaning to catch up with the case against Roman Seleznev, a Times of Malta report by Martha Bellisle should help. Seleznev’s trial begins next week, and prosecutors plan to lay out evidence that they say will prove Roman Seleznev hacked into US businesses, mostly pizza restaurants in Washington state, and stole credit card…

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