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Man pleads guilty in scheme that took millions from military members

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Dissent

Fox5 reports: A San Diego man has pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme that took millions of dollars from U.S. servicemembers by utilizing stolen identity information, the Department of Justice said Friday. Trorice Crawford, 32, entered his plea Thursday to one count of conspiracy to launder monetary instruments and faces up to 20…

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Cyber crooks attack Indian armed forces

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Dissent

IANS reports: New Delhi: After the Armed Forces were attacked by cyber crooks on Friday late night, the tri-services cyber wings issued emergency warning to all the defence personnel not to access mail titled — ‘Notice’ — with attachments, sources said on Saturday. Read more on OnManorama.

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Hong Kong schools fall victim to cyberattack, raising fears for private data of pupils

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Dissent

Danny Mok reports: Hackers have broken into a government system used by most of Hong Kong’s schools, raising fears for the personal data of pupils, parents and staff. Eight schools operating a web-based administrative network that stores highly sensitive information were breached, with three of them reporting data leaks, the Education Bureau said on Friday…

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PA: Hackers breach Leesport tax collector’s database

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Dissent

Dan Kelly reports: Leesport residents are being advised to put a hold on their bank accounts after the Leesport borough tax collector learned her computer system had been hacked. The borough issued a Code Red Alert via email to residents and put a message on the borough’s internet home page advising borough taxpayers that tax…

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Cucamonga Valley Water District discloses Click2Gov breach

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Dissent

From the Cucamonga Valley Water District website, a Dec. 4 notification: Cucamonga Valley Water District (CVWD) was recently informed of a data breach of the Click2Gov web portal used by CVWD customers for one-time credit card payments. CVWD values its customers and respects the privacy of their information, which is why, as a precautionary measure,…

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JP: More HDDs with personal data found to be auctioned

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Dissent

Officials of Kanagawa Prefecture say nine more hard disk drives with taxpayers’ personal information are still missing in addition to another nine drives that have been recovered. The 18 HDDs were auctioned away online by a worker of a recycling firm in violation of contracts. Read more on NHK.

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