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They view it as “Hollywood,” but TheDarkOverlord hit another medical entity (Update 2)

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Dissent

Overnight, TheDarkOverlord announced another hack, leaking some patient data into their Twitter timeline. We’re upping the heat on Hollywood. It’s time for another round. This time: something a little different. — thedarkoverlord (@tdohack3r) June 21, 2017 We’re upping the heat on Hollywood. It’s time for another round. This time: something a little different. The data…

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Larson Studios Breaks Silence about TheDarkOverlord hack and extortion (UPDATED)

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Dissent

In an intriguing follow-up to a case I reported in April concerning a hack-extortion incident involving TheDarkOverlord, Janko Roettgers reports that Larson Studios actually paid TheDarkOverlord’s 50 BTC demand. That alone would be surprising and newsworthy (there had been no payments made to the BTC wallet address given in the extortion contract), but Roettgers also…

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Alleged Canadian hacker may not fight U.S. extradition: lawyer

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Dissent

Alastair Sharp reports: The Canadian accused of helping Russian intelligence agents break into email accounts as part of a massive 2014 breach of Yahoo accounts may waive his right to fight a U.S. extradition request, his lawyer said on Friday. Karim Baratov’s lawyer Amedeo DiCarlo said he is in discussions with the Federal Bureau of…

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Computer hacker jailed for attacking websites of airport and hospital

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Dissent

ITV reports: A homeless computer hacker calling himself His Royal Gingerness has been jailed for attacking the websites of the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and Norwich International Airport. The actions of Daniel Devereux, 30, cost Norwich International Airport between £30,000 and £40,000, and caused the website of the hospital to be taken down for…

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Personal info of hundreds of thousands of students targeted in schools hack attack

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Dissent

Kyra Gurney reports: Two months before the U.S. presidential election, international hackers slipped into the computer systems of at least four Florida school district networks in the hopes of stealing the personal data of hundreds of thousands of students. They infected the systems with malware — malicious software — that turned off the logs recording…

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Casinos and mining operations targeted by hackers attempting extortion – Mandiant

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Dissent

While a number of U.S. casinos have reported payment card breaches over the past four years,  a new report from Mandiant indicates that some casinos in Canada appear to have been under attack from hackers who, after acquiring customer and corporate data, attempt to extort the casinos.  Whether all of the Canadian casinos that have…

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