Yonah Jeremy Bob reports: Hacking and leaking Madonna’s unreleased recordings online does not pay, as Adi Lederman learned receiving a 14 month sentence from the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court on Thursday as part of a plea bargain deal following his conviction for cyber crimes against the pop singer. Read more on The Jerusalem Post.
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UK: Thousands of email addresses stolen in Edinburgh council cyber-attack
Danielle Correa reports: More than 13,000 email addresses have been hacked through Edinburgh City Council’s computer system. Aside from email addresses, no other personal information was accessed or stolen during the assault. The local authority said in an email to people who have an online account with the council that the attacker invaded the security…
Hacking Team claims terrorists can now use its tools
Jeremy Kirk reports: Hacking Team has warned that a devastating data breach it suffered will allow its spying tools to be used by criminals and terrorists. The Milan-based security company, which develops surveillance tools for mostly government clients, saw more than 400GB of internal data released on Sunday, including emails, clients lists, financial information and…
Second union sues government over OPM hack, alleging constitutional failures
Lisa Rein reports: A second prominent union representing federal employees is suing the government over the Chinese hack of employee data, underscoring the growing legal and political fallout from the breach. The National Treasury Employees Union announced Wednesday that it filed suit against the Office of Personnel Management in U.S. District Court, alleging that the agency violated union members’ constitutional rights by failing to protect…
Hacker group that hit Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft intensifies attacks
Lucian Constantin reports: The hackers that targeted Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft developers two years ago have escalated their economic espionage efforts as they seek confidential business information and intellectual property they can profit from. The group, which security researchers from Kaspersky Lab and Symantec call Wild Neutron or Morpho, has broken into the networks…
Islamic State supporters hack website of Syria rights watchdog
Sylvia Westall reports: Purported supporters of the hardline Islamic State group hacked the website of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog on Wednesday and threatened its Syrian director who has documented abuses on all sides of Syria’s war. The Britain-based Observatory, which tracks the conflict using sources on the ground, took down its website…