Koh Seok-Seung reports: The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency announced yesterday that it has arrested a 20-year-old college student yesterday on the suspicion of hacking 104 websites across 24 countries in a bid to show off his technical prowess. The student, surnamed Jang, collected 280,000 pieces of information from November 2013 to August by hacking various…
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Epic court battle coming over Home Depot data breach?
With over 30 class-action lawsuits already filed against them, David Allison reports that the Home Depot breach may result in an epic court battle, starting with where the multi-district litigation will be consolidated and heard. But other than the sheer numbers involved (56 million payment cards and 53 million email addresses), is there really anything…
Massive cyber-attacks on human rights website
Peter Westmore reports: One of the world’s leading human rights groups, Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF), has reported that it has been subject to “repeated and sophisticated” cyber-attacks on its web site. The group has traced the attacks back to Russia and China, which have been the subject of repeated criticism over human rights violations….
Home Depot says 53 million more email addresses stolen; retailers urge Congress to pass data breach law
Reuters reports: Home Depot Inc, the world’s largest home improvement chain, said about 53 million more email addresses were taken during a recent breach of its payment data systems. […] Home Depot said the stolen files that contained the additional email addresses did not include passwords, payment card information or other sensitive personal information. Criminals…
“We thought we had done all that could be done to protect your information.” (update)
Even those who are conscientious may find themselves having to notify consumers of a breach, as One Love Organics discovered last month. In a letter dated October 30 and signed by Suzanne LeRoux, President of the Georgia-based, LeRoux writes: We had performed the required security and hardening procedures required by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (“PCI…
KS: Former G.E. Consumer Finance Employee Sentenced On Federal Computer Fraud Charge
KANSAS CITY, KAN. – An Olathe man was sentenced Tuesday to three years in federal prison for computer fraud, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said. Ryan Cauble, 41, Olathe, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of computer fraud. In his plea, he admitted he committed the crime while he worked for G.E. Consumer Finance, a saving…