Last month, Yahoo! Japan disclosed that it had discovered that malware inserted in its system had extracted user data for 1.27 million users, but that the breach was stopped before it leaked any of the information outside of the company. Now, in what appears to be an unrelated incident, the company reports that it suspects…
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FBI, city of Akron investigating hacker attack that compromised identities of 8,000 taxpayers
Jenn Strathman reports: Cyber hackers from Turkey hacked into the city of Akron’s website and replaced city messages with politically-motivated ones on Thursday. Also, nearly 8,000 taxpayers had their personal information stolen including their names, addresses, and social security numbers. I don’t know about you, but I would have lead with the theft of the…
UK: Essex County Council has 27,000 computer hacker attacks in a year
Just for perspective…. Ben Bland reports: More than 25,000 cyber attacks were carried out against Essex County Council in the past year, it has emerged. It is thought those carrying out the attacks were attempting to access the personal details of people living in Essex, which are held by the authority. The council refused to…
LulzSec Hackers Sentenced In London
Mathew J. Schwartz reports: LulzSec Hacker “Topiary” famously tweeted: “You cannot arrest an idea.” Perhaps not, but in the case of Topiary, revealed to be Jake Davis, now 20, you can be sentenced to 24 months in a “young offenders institute” for two counts of conspiracy to impair the operation of a computer, to be followed…
$200,000 suggested for SCDOR hacking compensation fund
Andrew Shain reports: South Carolina should set aside $200,000 next year for a fund to compensate victims of the massive computer hacking at the S.C. Department of Revenue, state Sen. Vincent Sheheen and state Treasurer Curtis Loftis proposed Tuesday. The fund would be administered like the state’s unclaimed property operation, headed by the treasurer’s office….
No damages? Illinois federal court tosses Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claim alleging hacking of law firm network
Paul Freehling of Seyfarth Shaw LLP writes: An Illinois federal court recently found in the favor of the defendant on a plaintiff’s Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claim because the plaintiff allegedly failed to satisfy the statute’s $5,000 damages threshold. The plaintiff, a computer consulting servicing company which spent time restoring its client’s computer network…