As noted in Part 1, hackers continue to issue ransom demands, but going to the media to put pressure on hacked entities does not seem to have improved their chances of convincing their victims to pay the ransom. In Part 1, I reported on what appears to be a hack of VI Pay, Inc., a payroll…
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Ex-Verizon worker accused of selling customer phone records
Jeff Martin of AP reports: A former Verizon Wireless technician is accused of using the company’s computers to obtain customers’ private call records — plus data showing where customers’ phones were — and then selling them to an unnamed private investigator, federal prosecutors said. Daniel Eugene Traeger, who worked in Alabama, sold the confidential information…
UK Man Involved in 2012 Yahoo Hack Sentenced to Prison
Eduard Kovacs reports: The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) announced last week that one of the members of an international cybercrime group has been given a two-year jail sentence. The individual, 23-year-old Nazariy Markuta from London, is believed to be a member of a hacker collective known as “D33Ds Company.” In 2012, the group leaked more than…
Florida Bar Association hacked, members’ data leaked (UPDATE3)
Please see updates below this post, as the bar association disputed any claims that they were hacked and asked DataBreaches.net to remove the post. If they would prefer “unauthorized access” to “hack,” well, okay, but they need to secure their files better, even if they are public records. Original post: You’ve probably seen some articles…
Romanian National Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Role In Computer Hacking Scheme
Mircea-Ilie Ispasoiu first came to this site’s attention in 2010, but he really made headlines when he was extradited to New Jersey in March, 2015 on a slew of hacking-related charges. As alleged in the DOJ’s statement at the time: From August 2011 through February 2014, Ispasoiu was employed as computer systems administrator at a large financial institution in…
A.G. Schneiderman Announces Settlement With Trump Hotel Collection After Data Breaches Expose Over 70K Credit Card Numbers
NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a settlement with Trump International Hotels Management LLC, d/b/a Trump Hotel Collection (“THC”), involving data breaches resulting in the exposure of over 70,000 credit card numbers and other personal data. THC has agreed to pay $50,000 in penalties and to shore up its data security…