David Voreacos reports on the latest development in a case that has been going on for several years: Vladimir Drinkman, a Muscovite charged in the biggest data-breach prosecution in U.S. history, was brought to New Jersey to face trial after spending more than two years behind bars in Amsterdam, said a Justice Department official. Drinkman…
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CA: More details emerge on Liberty Tax Service burglary
The Liberty Tax Service breach, first reported in the media based on a sheriff’s report, has now been reported to the California Attorney General’s Office. In its notification to those affected, Sam Filo, CEO of YBF Tax Inc., writes: We are contacting you to inform you that on February 1, 2015, a burglary occurred at our…
CA: Private Investigators Indicted for Hacking the Computers of People Opposing Their Clients in Civil Suits
SAN JOSE – Nathan Moser, Peter Siragusa, AKA Bobby Russo, Carlo Pacileo, Trent Williams, and Sumit Gupta, AKA Sumit Vishnoi, were charged with crimes related to a conspiracy to access the e-mail accounts, Skype accounts, and computers of people opposing Moser’s and Siragua’s clients’ in civil lawsuits. The indictment was announced today after it was unsealed…
CyberCaliphate claims Newsweek Twitter hack
Oriana Pawlyk reports that CyberCaliphate claimed responsibility for the hack of Newsweek’s Twitter account earlier today. Within 15 minutes, Newsweek had regained control of the account, but not before CyberCaliphate had tweeted out some threats and documents: The group posted several certificates showing individual training achievements as well as an organizational chart for the Defense…
Ca: Iggy Azalea threatens to sue Papa John’s after pizza delivery boy ‘data breach’
CBC News reports: Iggy Azalea is threatening to sue American pizza chain Papa John’s after the rapper says a delivery boy gave her personal phone number to family and friends. The 24-year-old Fancy singer, who would have been getting ready for the Grammys at the time, shared a screen grab Sunday that appears to show one of “tons” of messages she received after ordering a…
Uber Apparently Left Part of Its Lost and Found Database Public
Jason Koebler reports: Someone named Angelica left a Patti Smith record in the back of her Uber on February 5th. I know this, and Angelica’s phone number, because Uber has left its internal lost-and-found records on a publicly accessible site. Read more on Motherboard. The Uber url that leaked the data is now 404.