Amanda Bronstad reports: Plaintiffs suing over a 2014 data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management—which may have compromised information for 21.5 million persons—have asked a federal appeals court to revive their cases, citing a significant decision last year finding standing to sue over a cyberattack. Plaintiffs filed opening briefs before the U.S. Court of Appeals…
Category: Hack
Fredericksburg school system employee falls for phishing attack….. with predictable results
Cathy Jett reports: Hackers phishing for sensitive information faked an email from a regional organization to break into the Fredericksburg school system’s electronic mail and file system last month. The April 24 intrusion was caught the following day, but not before hackers accessed 14 school employees’ emails and one school employee’s files, according to a…
“AlfabetoVirtual” charged for hacks, defacements
AP reports: A California man has been charged with hacking and defacing websites for a West Point counterterrorism research center and a New York City government finance agency. A criminal complaint accuses Billy Ribeiro Anderson with hacking the two sites in 2015 and 2016 using the online pseudonym “Alfabeto Virtual.” It says he modified them…
Malley’s Chocolates’ website hacked, 3,400 online customers’ card information breached
Teresa Dixon Murray reports: A computer hacker hit Malley’s Chocolates two weeks before Easter and stole credit and debit card information belonging to 3,400 customers. The Brook Park-based candy icon started notifying affected customers last week by mail. The data breach affected consumers who made purchases online, not those who bought items in one of…
Possible security breach of Goodyear’s bill pay system, City says
David Baker reports: The City of Goodyear said on Tuesday its bill pay system may have been compromised. The City said it is investigating after a customer reported a potential problem on Monday morning. Staff disabled the system and told the system’s vendor, Goodyear officials said. Read more on AZFamily.
Romanian Computer Hacker Sentenced to One Year in Federal Prison for Staging Denial of Service Attacks on ‘World of Warcraft’ Servers
May 7 – A Romanian computer hacker who orchestrated a series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on the European servers of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft was sentenced today to one year in federal prison. Calin Mateias, 38, of Romania, was sentenced by United States District Judge Otis…