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Nigerian Cybercriminal Gang Targets Texas Unemployment System

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Dissent

Brian New reports: A Nigerian cybercriminal gang is targeting the Texas unemployment system, according to evidence shared with the CBS 11 I-Team. A 13-page step-by-step tutorial on how to commit unemployment identity fraud through the Texas Workforce Commission website was discovered in an online closed group chat between members of the cybercriminal organization known as…

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NH: Sentenced to Over a Year in Prison for Hacking Police Department in Revenge for Drug Arrest

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Dissent

Wayne Kenney, 31, of Hooksett, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison for unauthorized access to a computer and damage to protected computers, Acting United States Attorney John J. Farley announced today.              According to court documents and statements made in court, in early 2015, Kenney…

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Some incidents reported in France this week

Posted on May 22, 2021 by chum1ng0

Some  incidents that were reported in France this week: The University of Franche-Comté reported what L’Est Républicain described as a major attack n May 14. Some users received emails with malicious attachments. There does not seem to be any follow-up or notice on the university’s page, so it’s not clear how major this really was…

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Veterans Affairs says no evidence of data loss from SolarWinds hack

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Dissent

Jared Serbu reports: Another big federal agency has apparently escaped unscathed from the SolarWinds hack. Leaders from the Department of Veterans Affairs told Congress on Thursday they are now confident that none of their data was compromised, even though the company’s Orion system had a prominent presence throughout VA’s IT networks. Read more on Federal…

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KS: FBI Employee Indicted for Illegally Removing National Security Documents, Taking Material to Her Home

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Dissent

May 21 – WASHINGTON – An employee of the FBI’s Kansas City Division has been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally removing numerous national security documents that were found in her home. Kendra Kingsbury, 48, of Dodge City, Kansas, was charged in a two-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury…

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D.C.: Metropolitan Police Department Employee Sentenced for Accepting More than $40,000 in Cash Bribes in Exchange for Personal Identifying Information of Traffic Crash Victims

Posted on May 21, 2021 by Dissent

May 19 –  Aaron Willis, 38, of Maryland, was sentenced today to a term of 36 months’ probation, 6 months’ of intermittent incarceration and six months’ home confinement for accepting more than $40,000 in bribes in exchange for unlawfully providing information contained in non-public police paperwork identifying individuals involved in traffic accidents, announced Channing D….

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