“We’ll not be caught, ever.” — TheDarkOverlord, June 21, 2017 At this rate, the criminals known as TheDarkOverlord may be right. But if they escape accountability for their criminal acts, what about those who were responsible for securing our protected health information? Have they also escaped accountability and will they continue to escape accountability? Since…
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Plaintiffs’ Counsel Announce $115 Million Proposed Class Action Settlement in Anthem Data Breach Litigation
A proposed settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit over the 2015 cyberattack of health insurer Anthem, Inc., involving the theft of the personal information of 78.8 million people. The $115 million settlement, if approved by the Court, will be the largest data breach settlement in history. Attorneys from Altshuler Berzon, Cohen Milstein,…
UK: Two men arrested as part of international investigation into unauthorized access to the Microsoft network
Detectives from the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) have executed two warrants in Lincolnshire and Bracknell and arrested two men this morning (22/6) for conspiracy to gain unauthorised access to the Microsoft network. A 22-year-old man from Lincolnshire was arrested on suspicion of gaining unauthorised access to a computer. A 25-year-old man from…
More data from Cowboys Casino hack released
Brodie Thomas reports: Hackers have released more data from the Cowboys Casino hack of last year, this time with more sensitive information. The second data dump appeared on a torrent site and on the website pastebin.com on Thursday. “Cowboys Casino has still not taken the matter of their customers/employees security seriously, so we are releasing…
Hackers Altered 2016 Voter Rolls and Stole Private Data on U.S. Citizens
Jacob Weindling reports: TIME dropped a bombshell report today that should be getting more attention than it currently is. Here is the tl;dr version of a story that you should read in its entirety. The hacking of state and local election databases in 2016 was more extensive than previously reported, including at least one successful…
800,000 customers ‘at risk’ over vulnerable Virgin Media router
Fife Today reports: Virgin Media is advising more than 800,000 customers with a specific router to change their password immediately after an investigation found hackers could gain access to it. Virgin Media said the risk to customers with a Super Hub 2 router was “small”, but advised them to change both their network and router…