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TalkTalk hack could cost firm £35 million

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Dissent

BBC reports: The cyber-attack on TalkTalk could cost it up to £35m in one-off costs, the company has said. Following the hack, which divulged some users’ financial details, all customers of the telecoms group will be offered a free upgrade. Read more on BBC. The company is still sticking to its position that customers who want out…

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Experian Posts $20M Charge Related to T-Mobile Data Breach

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Dissent

Diana Goovaerts reports: In its earnings report for the six months ended September 30, 2015, Experian posted a charge of $20 million stemming from its response to an October security breach that exposed the data of millions of T-Mobile customers. According to the report, the “one-off costs” came from Experian’s response to the hack, which included notifying impacted individuals,…

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Alleged NullCrew hacker has bond revoked

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Dissent

This time it’s accurate. Alleged NullCrew member and hacker Timothy French has had his bond revoked for violating its terms by using his laptop and connecting to the Internet. He was caught because he was using wi-fi while in his car at a McDonald’s. Read more on Chicago Sun-Times.

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Feds Never Charged the Real Hacker in the Matthew Keys Case

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Dissent

Kim Zetter reports: Former Reuters social media editor Matthew Keys is facing up to 25 years in prison after his conviction last month on conspiracy charges related to a 2010 hack of the Los Angeles Times web site. Although Keys didn’t actually conduct the hack, prosecutors aggressively pursued him anyway. Now it turns out that authorities have known…

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We talked to people close to the TalkTalk hack before the arrests began — and they told us why they allegedly did it

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Dissent

Rob Price reports on interviews with some of those suspected of, or claiming to, have participated in the TalkTalk hack. You can read it all on Business Insider.

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UK: Social networking site xat hacked; user database acquired by hacker(s)

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Dissent

Oh my. Update and Information About Data Breach. Hello! Many of you will have noticed the serious problems with the xat service over the last two days. It would appear that our hosting provider fell for a simple social engineering scam and briefly handed control of some of xat’s servers to a third party. It…

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