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The Individual Who Hacked Hacking Team Explains How

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Dissent

We live in confusing times when those whom society brands as “criminals” are more ethical than their victims. Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai writes: Back in July of last year, the controversial government spying and hacking tool seller Hacking Team was hacked itself by an outside attacker. The breach made headlines worldwide, but no one knew much about the perpetrator or…

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US jury fines Tata Consultancy Services $940m for healthcare software ‘theft’

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Dissent

Speaking of a contractor’s employees exceeding authorized access, Chidanand Rajghatta reports that a Wisconsin federal jury slapped a $940-million penalty, including $700 million in punitive damages, on Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) for allegedly stealing healthcare software from an American company, Epic Systems. Epic Systems, a US-based electronics medical records vendor, had accused TCS of stealing documents and…

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Hack of ShapeShift Bitcoin Trader Was Inside Job, Says CEO

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Last week we reported on a data breach that forced Bitcoin trader ShapeShift to temporarily shut down operations. In an update provided on Reddit, ShapeShift CEO, Erik Voorhees, says the attacker had help from a company employee. “Since the investigation into the ShapeShift hack last week started, we had suspicion that someone previously on…

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RI: ABC6 Personnel Record Breach Leads to State Police Investigation, 4 Fired and 3 Suspended

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Dissent

GoLocalProv reports: A breach of highly confidential personnel records at ABC6 has lead to an investigation by the Rhode Island State Police, the firing for four members of the news organization and three suspensions. Included in the firings is Alexandra Cowley, the anchor for the evening news and an emerging star in the Providence television…

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Seventh Circuit revives data breach lawsuit against P.F. Chang’s

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Dissent

Samantha Bomkamp reports that the Seventh Circuit has done it again when it comes to allowing data breach lawsuits to go forward: A lawsuit over a 2014 data breach at P.F. Chang’s has been revived by an appeals court, which said two plaintiffs have shown enough evidence to pursue their claim. Two Illinois men, John…

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Lizard Squad claims responsibility Blizzard DDoS attack; employee personal information leaked, games offline

Posted on April 14, 2016 by Dissent

US Blizzard #Offline – WoW #Offline, Diablo 3 #Offline, Starcraft 2 #Offline, Hearthstone #Offline @fbiarelosers @AppleJ4ckxoxo — Lizard Squad (@LizardLands) April 14, 2016   EU Blizzard #Offline – WoW #Offline, Diablo 3 #Offline, Starcraft 2 #Offline, Hearthstone #Offline @fbiarelosers @AppleJ4ckxoxo — Lizard Squad (@LizardLands) April 14, 2016 Atle Williatham reports: … Last night, Blizzard became…

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