The American Lawyer reports: Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle has filed a lawsuit on behalf of its client, the Republic of Kazakhstan, after the Gmail accounts and computers of several government officials were hacked and their contents posted online, exposing communications between the officials and the firm. New York-based Curtis litigation partner Jacques Semmelman, who…
Category: Government Sector
Data leak scandal involving personal info of 872 children suppressed, lawyer claims
Today’s Zaman has more on a leak previously noted on this site: A scandal in which the sensitive personal information of more than 850 children was deliberately leaked to a government website has been suppressed, according to the head of a leading children’s rights organization in the southeastern province of Diyarbakır. Bayram Koluman, the head…
“Bitcoin Baron” vows cyber attack for dismissal of charges against Detroit policeman who killed 7-year-old
The hacker who self-identifies as “Bitcoin Baron” has been busy. In addition to attacking the city of Moore in Oklahoma over the city’s decision to defend two officers involved in the Warren Theatre case, threats have also been made against the Wayne County, Michigan court computers. Gus Burns reports: Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway dismissed…
Bitcoin Baron tells Moore, Oklahoma: Thanks for letting me into your system. Now pay me.
The “Bitcoin Baron” has demanded the city Moore in Oklahoma send 100 bitcoins to protect data that Bitcoin Baron claims to have acquired. The hacker informs DataBreaches.net: Hacked into the systems of City of Moore and planted a virus inside their system and obtained files that is quite interesting if I might say and I…
PWC firm employee involved in document leak: CBI
From India’s Central Bureau of Investigation: The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Under Secretary in Department of Disinvestment & Section Officer in Department of Economic Affairs both of Union Ministry of Finance and a Consultant / Chartered Accountant (private person) based at Mumbai in a case relating to alleged leakage and supply of…
US hacking accused Lauri Love ‘had stolen government data’
BBC reports: A British man accused of hacking into US government software networks had a computer that appeared to have “stolen” information on it, a court heard. Lauri Love, 30, of Suffolk, who faces no charges in the UK, is seeking the return of machines seized by police. But, at Bury St Edmunds Magistrates’ Court,…