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Two Members of Syrian Electronic Army Indicted for Conspiracy

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Dissent

May 17 – ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A federal grand jury returned an 11-count indictment today charging two Syrian men with offenses relating to their participation in a conspiracy to engage in computer hacking as members of the “Syrian Electronic Army” or “SEA.” Ahmad ‘Umar Agha, who is known online as the “The Pro,” and Firas Dardar,…

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Los Angeles County 211 exposed call logs with details

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Dissent

Another day, another leak involving sensitive information.  From the UpGuard team: The UpGuard Cyber Risk Team can now disclose that sensitive data from the Los Angeles County 211 service, a nonprofit assistance organization described on their website as “the central source for providing information and referrals for all health and human services in LA County,” was…

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Marines make changes after data of 164,000 people lost on Okinawa

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Dissent

And poof… It sounds like many people may have known for years about the sloppy infosecurity being used but no one really did anything to put a more secure system in place… and so, of course, it was inevitable that disaster struck. Matthew M. Burke reports: The Marine Corps has changed the way it handles…

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UK: Crown Prosecution Service fined £325,000 after losing victim interview videos

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Dissent

How many monetary penalties will it take before the Crown Prosecution Service gets its data protection act together and does a reasonable job of protecting victim-related information?This is the second monetary penalty they’ve been hit with in the past few years: The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has been fined £325,000 by the ICO after they…

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Police Dept Loses 10 Months of Work to Ransomware. Gets Infected a Second Time!

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Ransomware has infected the servers of the Riverside Fire and Police department for the second time in a month. The first ransomware infection took place on April 23, last month and encrypted ten months worth of work data related to active investigations. Officials said they didn’t pay the ransom and were able…

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Ohio man charged in August, 2017 DDoS attacks on akronohio.gov and akroncops.org

Posted on May 13, 2018 by Dissent

Eric Heisig reports: An Akron man aligned with the online hacking collective Anonymous was arrested Thursday for launching cyberattacks on websites for the city of Akron and its police department, according to the FBI. James Robinson, 32, admitted he was responsible for the attacks on the Akron websites akronohio.gov and akroncops.org between Aug. 1 and Aug. 5,…

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