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Matthew Keys’ guilty verdict and sentence to stand, 9th Circuit rules

Posted on June 28, 2017 by Dissent

Cyrus Farivar reports: A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction and two-year sentence of the California journalist who was found guilty under a federal anti-hacking law last year. On Monday, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that it was not persuaded by arguments made by Matthew Keys’ defense attorneys. In a hearing…

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UK: Warning to SMEs as firm hit by cyber attack fined £60,000

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Dissent

Small and medium sized businesses are being warned to take note as a company which suffered a cyber attack is fined £60,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). An investigation by the ICO found Berkshire-based Boomerang Video Ltd failed to take basic steps to stop its website being attacked. Sally Anne Poole, ICO enforcement manager,…

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Ca: More than 800 people notified about possible server breach at School District 52

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Dissent

Shannon Lough reports: Unusual activity on the school district’s server raised a red flag, and more than 800 notifications were sent to people who may have been affected by a privacy breach. In May, there were report of 45,000 cyberattacks in 74 countries disrupting services in hospitals, telecommunications businesses and possibly even the school district…

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Fired Employee Hacks and Shuts Down Smart Water Readers in Five US Cities

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: A Pennsylvania judge has sentenced Adam Flanagan, 42, of Bala Cynwyd, PA to one year and one day in prison for hacking and damaging the IT networks of several water utility providers across the US East Coast. The  sentence was passed down last week for crimes committed in the spring of 2014….

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Leak of Windows 10 Source Code Raises Security Concerns

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Dissent

Rhett Jones reports: Microsoft has confirmed that a significant chunk of its source code for Windows 10 was posted to a repository called BetaArchive. The exact size of the leak has been disputed, but the data reportedly comes from the Shared Source Kit that Microsoft distributes to trusted partners. First reported by The Register and…

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Cyber-attack on parliament leaves MPs unable to access emails

Posted on June 24, 2017 by Dissent

The Guardian reports: Parliament has been hit by a “sustained and determined” cyber-attack by hackers attempting to gain access to MPs’ and their staffers’ email accounts. Both houses of parliament were targeted on Friday in an attack that sought to gain access to accounts protected by weak passwords. MPs said they were unable to access…

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