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UK: Borough council probed in potential mass data breach

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Dissent

PSE reports: A Nottinghamshire borough council has been investigated by police after it was potentially the site of a mass breach of data protection laws. Police were notified in September after a confidential email sent to Broxtowe Borough Council which made allegations about a member of staff’s conduct was sent to all 730 staff. Police…

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Ransomware Result: Free Ticket to Ride in San Francisco

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Dissent

Mathew J. Schwartz reports: “You Hacked, ALL Data Encrypted.” That was part of a message that reportedly appeared on thousands of Windows systems used by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, better known as Muni, in recent days, after they were locked by ransomware and 100 bitcoins – currently worth $73,000 – demanded in exchange for a…

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Shad0wS3C Hacker Breaches Mexican Government Website

Posted on November 26, 2016 by Dissent

Bogdan Popa reports: Shad0wS3C leader Gh0s7 has managed to hack another website, this time belonging to Instituto de la Función Registral del Estado México (also known as IFREM). Gh0s7 told us that he discovered a vulnerability in their server that allowed him to get the main database file, which includes sensitive information such user data,…

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Navy to notify 134,386 sailors whose PII was on “compromised” laptop

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Dissent

So at 5 pm on Thanksgiving eve, the Navy discloses a data breach? Story Number: NNS161123-13Release Date: 11/23/2016 5:01:00 PM By Chief of Naval Personnel Public Affairs WASHINGTON (NNS) — Oct. 27, 2016, the Navy was notified by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services (HPES) that one of the company’s laptops operated by their employee supporting a…

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Trial begins of intelligence services data theft

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Dissent

SwissInfo.ch reports: An IT specialist has appeared before the Federal Criminal Court for trying to sell data he allegedly stole from the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS), thereby endangering Swiss security domestically and abroad as well as FIS employees, their partners and sources. He has been accused of attempted violation of official secrecy and political intelligence….

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CPNRD computers system hacked by Russians

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Dissent

Lori Potter reports: The Central Platte Natural Resources District’s computer system was hacked by Russians about three weeks ago at a time when the big concern was a possible digital intrusion in the presidential election. At Thursday’s CPNRD board meeting in Grand Island, General Manager Lyndon Vogt said it’s not believed the hackers got into…

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