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Chegg data breach lawsuit heads to arbitration

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Dissent

Sara Merken has a litigation update following a breach disclosed by Chegg A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit against education technology company Chegg Inc over its 2018 data breach that may have exposed the personal information of about 40 million users must proceed to arbitration. Read more on Reuters.

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Judge Again Pushes Back Nikulin’s Trial Over COVID-19 Concerns

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Dissent

Ross Todd reports: A federal judge in San Francisco has suspended the trial until June in a case against a Russian man accused of hacking Silicon Valley technology companies, which was underway when the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a global pandemic. U.S. District William Alsup of the Northern District of California on Tuesday cited questionnaire…

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Huiying Medical Breached; Source Code for AI-assisted COVID-19 Detection, and Experimental Data of COVID-19 on Sale

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Dissent

Cyble reports: Cyble researchers have identified a credible threat actor ‘THE0TIME’ claiming to have gained access to Huiying Medical Technology’s COVID-19 detection’s technology source code and COVID-19 experimental data. As part of the breach, the preparator (sic) claims to have gained access to the COVID-19 detection technology code, as well as COVID-19 experiments data as well. Read more on Medium.

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UK: Warwick University was hacked and kept breach secret from students and staff

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Dissent

Alexander Martin reports: Hackers accessed the University of Warwick’s administrative network last year in an attack which has been kept secret from the affected individuals and organisations, Sky News has learnt. The security incident occurred when a staff member installed remote-viewing software enabling hackers to steal sensitive personal information on students, staff and even volunteers…

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Million-dollar whisky sale targeted in cyber attack, says auctioneer

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Dissent

Amy Woodyatt reports: The second phase of a million-dollar online whisky auction has been postponed after it became the target of a cyber attack, auctioneers have said. Dubbed “the Perfect Collection,” the spirits were amassed by the late Richard Gooding, a private American collector from Colorado. Read more on CNN.

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Email, class registration, payroll down from computer hack at Illinois Valley Community College

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Dissent

From WCMY: Illinois Valley Community College’s administrators believe the computer hack they discovered Friday can be fixed and a private company can do it. They don’t know what it’ll cost yet, but they believe the computer systems can be unlocked within ten days. IVCC Vice President for Business Services and Finance Cheryl Roelfsema said at…

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