Katie Heslop reports: An MP and vocal critic of the Chinese government has claimed a “pretty sophisticated” hacker is trying to impersonate him. In a tweet yesterday, Tom Tugendhat, MP for Tonbridge and Malling, said: “If you receive an email claiming to be from me – please check and do NOT open attachments unless you’re sure. A pretty…
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(Updated) Thousands of employees at risk of identity theft, tax refund fraud after hack of e-payroll vendor
Attacks on businesses to obtain employee W-2 and tax reporting information are nothing new. And with more people delaying filing their tax returns this year, criminals have even more time to try to misuse any stolen data for tax refund fraud. On February 19, PaperlessPay Corporation in Jacksonville, Florida was contacted by the Department of…
Chegg notifying employees of recent hack
While Chegg may have won one round in litigation stemming from their massive 2018 data breach, they may have another problem brewing. On April 10, Chegg learned that on or about April 9, 2020, an outside hacker may have illegally obtained employee information for approximately 700 current and former U.S. Chegg employees. The personal information…
Citigroup gets computer fraud claim tossed in email hack case
Sara Merken reports: A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has tossed a claim by a small law firm accusing Citigroup Inc of aiding and abetting a hacker who posed as its managing partner and stole a $60,000 payment that should have gone to the firm in violation of a federal computer fraud law. Read more…
Chegg data breach lawsuit heads to arbitration
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.
Judge Again Pushes Back Nikulin’s Trial Over COVID-19 Concerns
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…