Joe Mahoney reports: In a recent incident that officials say illustrates the vulnerability of local government computer networks, the communications system of an upstate New York police agency was disrupted by a hacking attack. The Schuyler County Sheriff’s Department, headquartered in Watkins Glen, had to get support from surrounding counties after the hacking temporarily crippled…
Category: Government Sector
Man involved with “Crackas With Attitude” sentenced to 5 years
A North Carolina man who conspired with others to gain unauthorized access to government computer systems and online accounts belonging to several United States government officials was sentenced today to 5 years in prison. Justin G. Liverman, aka “D3F4ULT”, 25, of Morehead City, pleaded guilty on January 6. Liverman admitted to being a member of…
AU: Port Phillip Council privacy breach exposes 700 email addresses
Ian Royall reports: Port Phillip Council has admitted a major privacy leak after exposing up to 700 ratepayers’ email addresses in a newsletter to residents about changes in Acland St in St Kilda. The data blunder was realised soon after the leak occurred last Friday but council only owned up five days later, notifying residents…
Update on case involving VT workers’ information being phished
Mike Donoghue reports a follow-up to a January 2016 phishing incident previously noted on this site: Two Nigerians, indicted in Vermont on federal charges of conspiracy to file fraudulent tax returns, stole personal identification information from hundreds of Vermont state employees and other government workers, a prosecutor said Wednesday in U.S. District Court. Assistant U.S….
Moscow Court Sentences ‘Shaltai-Boltai’ Hackers To Prison
RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty reports: A Moscow court has sentenced two Russian hackers to three years in prison each for breaking into the e-mail accounts of top Russian officials and leaking them. Konstantin Teplyakov and Aleksandr Filinov were members of the Shaltai-Boltai (Humpty Dumpty in Russian) collective believed to be behind the hacking of high-profile accounts, including…
No charges in probe into leaked info to Thug Life website
AP reports from Charleston: An investigation into a website that leaked the name of a juvenile charged in a killing along with other confidential police information has ended without any charges filed, according to the State Law Enforcement Division. The probe into the Thug Life website that criticized criminals and prosecutors who the site thought…