David E. Sanger and Nicole Perlroth report: For years, the cybersecurity firm FireEye has been the first call for government agencies and companies around the world who have been hacked by the most sophisticated attackers, or fear they might be. Now it looks like the hackers — in this case, evidence points to Russia’s intelligence agencies —…
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AZ: Investigators seize devices from Fountain Hills residence in voter data theft case
Jen Fifield and Uriel J. Garcia report: Law enforcement officials served a search warrant at the home of a Fountain Hills man and seized computers, hard drives and other storage devices as part of an investigation into voter data theft from the Maricopa County Recorder’s Office website. The property was seized Nov. 5. Read more…
3 Million Pluto TV Users’ Data Was Hacked, But the Company Isn’t Telling Them
Joseph Cox reports: Low-level hackers are trading a database of user information stolen from Pluto TV, a popular American internet television service. But Pluto TV has decided not to proactively inform users of the breach. The move is somewhat unusual in a space where companies increasingly inform their customers of data breaches, even regarding breaches…
Imprisoned hacker ordered to be released, promptly deported
AP reports: A computer hacker serving 20 years for giving the Islamic State group the personal data of more than 1,300 U.S. government and military personnel has been granted compassionate release because of the coronavirus pandemic and will be placed in ICE custody for prompt deportation, a federal judge ordered Thursday. U.S. District Judge Leonie…
Hacker attack blocks Eurolls; accessed via remote worker’s PC
With apologies to reporter Alessia Valentini, because this is not a great translation: The Eurolls company was the victim of a hacker attack which, by exploiting the smart working condition of one of the employees , caused the operating system to be blocked and access to company data . The production plants were not stopped but the correspondence and…
Hacker who stole information from Nintendo sentenced
AP reports: A computer hacker who stole information from Nintendo and was also caught with child pornography on his computer was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison. Ryan S. Hernandez, 21, of Palmdale, California, had pleaded guilty in January to one count of computer fraud and abuse and one count of possession of child…