Shane Harris reports: Five years ago, U.S. officials refused to merge a database containing classified personnel records of intelligence agency employees with another run by the Office of Personnel Management, fearing that if the two systems were linked up, it could expose the personal information of covert operatives to leakers and hackers. Those concerns look…
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Suspected Pro-Kremlin ‘Hell’ Hacker Denies Allegations in German Court
Daria Litvinova reports: Following years of hacking attacks on the online accounts of various Russian opposition figures, a man suspected of being the notorious hacker known as “Hell” — who is believed to have ties to Russian officialdom — is currently standing trial in Germany. The man in the dock of a Bonn court is Sergei Maximov, 41, a German national of Russian descent. He is charged with the theft and deletion of data,…
Court records link Scientology to convicted email hacker
Thomas C. Tobin reports: Federal court documents made public this week have linked the Church of Scientology to a private investigator convicted of illegally culling personal information from dozens of email accounts. The investigator, Eric Saldarriaga, 41, was sentenced Friday to three months in prison for conspiring to engage in computer hacking. He pleaded guilty…
MO: Man acquitted of Washington University-related hacking claims
Robert Patrick reports: A former Washington University employee was acquitted Wednesday of federal computer fraud charges that claimed he’d downloaded protected financial information related to the school’s endowment. David Shen, 45, of New Jersey, was manager of asset allocation and risk management for the Washington University Investment Management Company. Read more on St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Police Association of Ontario hacked by Anonymous
The announcement of a hack of the Police Association of Ontario was made by @ro0ted on Wednesday: Round 4.. #OpC51 #OpBillC51 #Anonymous http://t.co/UFb7dJbPjT – Police Association of Ontario https://t.co/7pS2kW0AzX pic.twitter.com/0CiGDYl2sF — ro0ted (@ro0ted) June 24, 2015 The attack continues the hacktivism over C-51, Canada’s controversial new anti-terrorism bill. The data dump, which is still available as of this morning, includes…
AU: Privacy Commissioner investigating iiNet data breach
Hamish Barwick reports: Australian Privacy Commissioner Timothy Pilgrim has opened an investigation into an alleged data breach involving iiNet subsidiary Westnet. The data breach allegedly occurred earlier this month after a hacker compromised a database containing the personal information of some Westnet customers and offered the information for sale online. Read more on Computerworld.