NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that CARLOS DAVID IRIAS, age 47, a resident of Cutler Bay, Florida, was sentenced to two (2) years probation by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon after previously pleading guilty to a one-count bill of information charging him with intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization…
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Twitter hackers trick employees by posing as IT workers, NY probe finds
Noah Manskar reports: A simple phone scam was the key first step in a Twitter hack that took over dozens of high-profile accounts this summer, New York regulators say. The hackers responsible for the July 15 attack called Twitter employees posing as company IT workers and tricked them into giving up their login credentials for the social network’s internal tools, the state’s Department of…
Barnes & Noble hit by cyberattack that exposed customer data
Lawrence Abrams reports: U.S. Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed that they were victims of a cyberattack that may have exposed customers’ data. […] In an email sent to customers late Wednesday night and seen by BleepingComputer, Barnes & Noble has disclosed that they suffered a cyberattack on October 10th, 2020. As part of…
Online proctor service ProctorTrack disables service after hack
Lawrence Abrams reports: With many schools and colleges performing remote learning, including tests, online proctoring services are increasingly being used to prevent students from cheating. ProctorTrack is one such solution by Verificient that is used by numerous universities, including Rutgers, University of Western Ontario, Ohio University, Illinois State University, Purdue University, and MIT. Starting yesterday, students began receiving…
Twitter Data-Breach Case Won’t Be Resolved Before Year’s End, Ireland’s Regulator Says
Angus Loten reports: European privacy regulators are unlikely to issue a final ruling on Twitter Inc.’s handling of a data breach disclosed in January 2019 before the end of this year, Ireland’s data commissioner said Wednesday. Under the General Data Protection Regulation, the European Union’s 2018 data privacy law, Twitter faces a fine of up to 2% of…
Tyler Technologies finally paid the ransom to receive the decryption key
Pierluigi Paganini reports: Tyler Technologies has finally decided to paid a ransom to obtain a decryption key and recover files encrypted in a recent ransomware attack. Tyler Technologies, Inc. is the largest provider of software to the United States public sector. At the end of September, the company disclosed a ransomware attack and its customers reported…