March 11- A Nebraska man was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for engaging in fraudulent activity that exposed his employer’s confidential information, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced. Timothy Young, 50, of Moorefield, Nebraska, previously pleaded guilty by videoconference before U.S. District Judge Katharine S. Hayden in Newark federal court to an…
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Israeli car financing company hacked, dozens of personal documents leaked
Tzvi Joffre reports: Black Shadow, the hackers who leaked thousands of documents containing the personal information of customers with Israel’s Shirbit insurance company in December, have now hacked the servers of K.L.S. Capital Ltd as well, the group said in a Telegram post on Saturday. On Saturday morning, the hacker group announced, “We are here…
ZA: PPS hit by cyber attack
Jamie McKane reports: PPS, a South African insurance and investment advisory company, has suffered a cyber attack at the hands of unknown hackers. The company notified clients in a statement today that their services may be disrupted as it attempts to restore functionality to its IT infrastructure. Read more on My Broadband. It’s not yet…
Security firm notifies 36,762 after malware attack
Since 2019, Security Industry Specialists seems to have kept a subdued profile on the Internet. Their web site, Twitter, and Facebook accounts have not been updated since 2019, and you might get the impression that their web site had been abandoned. But checking on LinkedIn, the firm is actively hiring, and they have almost 2,000…
Apple sues former MacBook product design employee for allegedly leaking to the press
Ian Sherr reports: Apple says a former product design employee stole information about hardware products, unannounced features and future plans and leaked them to a journalist, breaking the company’s nondisclosure policies and trade secrets laws. In the the lawsuit, filed Thursday in the US District Court of the Northern District of California, Apple outlined a…
Florida law firm notifies individuals of 2020 hack of employee email accounts
More than one year after it first discovered a breach, a Florida law firm is notifying people about it. While the firm’s notification suggests that it is notifying out of an abundance of caution because it cannot actually determine whose data may have been accessed — or acquired, an alternative way to look at this…