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“Government” hackers cracked the mail of dignitaries of Estonia

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Dissent

The following is a Google translation of a story that appears on securitylab.ru: For hacking, it was enough for the victim to open a malicious email; no other action was required on her part. Government-sponsored hackers exploited the zero-day vulnerability in the Estonian email service Mail.ee and hacked the accounts of a number of dignitaries….

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Personal data of thousands of “Figaro” readers exposed on a server

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Dissent

The following is a Google translation of a story in Le Monde by Damien Leloupe: A large volume of data, including personal data of subscribers and subscribers to the Figaro site , remained accessible for several months online without protection, reveals a report by the computer security company Safety Detective , published Thursday, April 30. The Safety Detective team discovered…

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Chegg notifying employees of recent hack

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Dissent

While Chegg may have won one round in litigation stemming from their massive 2018 data breach, they may have another problem brewing. On April 10, Chegg learned that  on or about April 9, 2020, an outside hacker may have illegally obtained employee information for approximately 700 current and former U.S. Chegg employees. The personal information…

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When someone claims something is a “confirmed scam,” ask for their proof

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Dissent

On April 27, this site linked to a post by Cyble.io, describing how a threat actor claimed to have gained access to Huiying Medical’s AI-assisted COVID-19 Detection source code as well as experimental data.  And it was all up for sale for 4 BTC. On April 28, Vinny Troia tweeted: Regarding the stolen COVID-19 vaccine…

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Chegg data breach lawsuit heads to arbitration

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Dissent

Sara Merken has a litigation update following a breach disclosed by Chegg A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit against education technology company Chegg Inc over its 2018 data breach that may have exposed the personal information of about 40 million users must proceed to arbitration. Read more on Reuters.

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Judge Again Pushes Back Nikulin’s Trial Over COVID-19 Concerns

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Dissent

Ross Todd reports: A federal judge in San Francisco has suspended the trial until June in a case against a Russian man accused of hacking Silicon Valley technology companies, which was underway when the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a global pandemic. U.S. District William Alsup of the Northern District of California on Tuesday cited questionnaire…

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