The Sussex Police report: A Crawley man has been sentenced for on-line ‘hacking’ based frauds, and for offences relating to indecent images of children. Aaron Coster, 18, unemployed, of Farnham Close, Broadfield, Crawley, was sentenced to a total of two years imprisonment suspended for two years when he appeared at Hove Crown Court on Friday…
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TaxSlayer breached: 8,800 customers notified PII may be compromised
Doug Olenick reports: Tax preparation software publisher TaxSlayer notified about 8,800 of its customers last week that an unauthorized third party may have gained access to the personal information contained on their tax return. The company said that on January 13, 2016, it became aware that hackers had accessed some of their customers’ accounts. TaxSlayer…
Hackers claim to have hacked NASA, hijacked one of its drones (UPDATED)
Update: See NASA Denies Hackers Hijacked Its Drone. Help Net Security writes: AnonSec hackers claim that they have breached a number of US NASA’s systems, and they have published a data trove containing video recordings made by the agency’s aircrafts and drones, the drone’s flight logs, and the names, email addresses and telephone numbers of some…
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Neiman Marcus Data Breach Class Action
Christina Davis reports: Neiman Marcus Group LLC has lost a bid to toss a class action alleging that the retail clothing chain’s negligence caused a massive data security breach and then hid the problem right before the holiday shopping season in 2013. The Neiman Marcus class action lawsuit was filed by Hilary Remijas on behalf…
Boy arrested over TalkTalk hacking settles case against Twitter
Alan Erwin reports: A Co Antrim schoolboy arrested over the cyberattack on TalkTalk has settled his claim for damages against Twitter. The 15-year-old’s privacy action was resolved on confidential terms, with no admission of liability by the social networking service. Meanwhile, his lawyers are seeking permission from the High Court in Belfast to serve proceedings on Google at its headquarters in…
Fraternal Order of Police hacked, members’ data dumped
Jon Swaine and George Joseph report: Private files belonging to America’s biggest police union, including the names and addresses of officers, forum posts critical of Barack Obama, and controversial contracts made with city authorities, were posted online Thursday after a hacker breached its website. The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), which says it represents about…