On 8 and 9 December 2021 the settlement of a 15 phone hacking claims against News Group Newspapers were announced. A series of statements in open court were read before Fancourt J, culminating in a high profile and hard hitting unilateral statement in open court by Sienna Miller. This claim was against the Sun alone. Her statement in…
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Class Action Lawsuit Over StockX Hack Dismissed
Victor Deng reports: StockX’s legal saga in connection with a data breach that affected millions of users in 2019 is one step closer to wrapping up after a federal judge in charge of the case dismissed the consolidated class action lawsuit. According to The Fashion Law, Michigan District Judge Victoria Roberts has granted StockX’s motion to dismiss the complaints against the secondary marketplace citing…
Canada Charges Its “Most Prolific Cybercriminal”
Brian Krebs fleshes out more about Matthew Philbert, the Canadian man arrested in Canada and charged in both the U.S. and Canada with a number of cybercrimes. Once again, Krebs provides a great example of solid research. Read his report at KrebsOnSecurity. Interestingly, Krebs ends his article with a comment that tends to agree with…
18 fake birth certificates generated in Hisar after health department hacked
TNN reports that the Hisar health department was hacked and 18 fake birth certificates were generated. The hack and faked certificates were reportedly known five months ago but a case is just being filed now, it seems. Read more at Times of India
Canadian Man Charged With Scheme to Commit Cyberattacks Against U.S.
A federal indictment unsealed today in Alaska charges a Canadian national with committing cyberattacks. According to court documents, Matthew Philbert, 31, of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, conspired to and did damage a computer belonging to the State of Alaska in April 2018. In a separate and parallel investigation, the Canadian authorities today also announced cyber charges…
Microsoft seizes control of websites used by China-backed hackers
Carly Page reports: Microsoft has seized control of a number of websites that were being used by a Chinese government-backed hacking group to target organizations in 29 countries, including the U.S. Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCI) said on Monday that a federal court in Virginia had granted an order allowing the company to take control of the websites…