Benjamin Earnest Nichols, 37, of Oklahoma City, appeared Tuesday before U.S. Magistrate Judge David L. Horan and pleaded guilty to an Information charging one count of knowingly causing the transmission of a program or code to a protected computer, announced U.S. Attorney John Parker of the Northern District of Texas. Nichols, who is on bond, faces…
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Judge Approves Settlement In Sony Pictures Hacking Case
AP reports: A judge on Wednesday approved a multi-million dollar settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed by former Sony Pictures Entertainment employees whose private information was stolen in a massive data breach. […] . Gary Klausner approved the agreement that gives roughly 437,000 people impacted by the breach identity theft protection from the time of…
Katherman Kitts notifies clients whose identity and financial information was stolen from unattended vehicle
It’s 2016, and yet we’re still seeing totally and easily avoidable data breaches like this one, reported by Katherman Kitts: On February 25, 2016, hard drives containing backup files for one of the firm’s servers, along with other incidental items, were stolen from a partner’s locked vehicle. These files may have contained some of your…
The security holes at the heart of the Panama Papers
James Temperton and Matt Burgess report: The front-end computer systems of Mossack Fonseca are outdated and riddled with security flaws, analysis has revealed. The law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers hack has shown an “astonishing” disregard for security, according to one expert. Amongst other lapses, Mossack Fonseca has failed to update its Outlook Web Access login…
Mossack Fonseca: we were hacked
On April 4, the Panamanian law firm at the center of a huge scandal issued a statement saying, among other things, that the media has misrepresented what they do, that everything they do is perfectly aboveboard, and they regret – but are not responsible for – any clients who may have misused their services despite their due…
Trump Hotels Investigating a Second Possible Breach: Krebs
Brian Krebs reports: Banking industry sources tell KrebsOnSecurity that the Trump Hotel Collection — a string of luxury properties tied to business magnate and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump — appears to be dealing with another breach of its credit card systems. If confirmed, this would be the second such breach at the Trump properties in less…