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TalkTalk hack: Co Antrim schoolboy loses legal challenge over identification

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Dissent

Alan Erwin reports: A Co Antrim schoolboy arrested over the TalkTalk cyber attack has lost his High Court challenge to an alleged failure to implement legislation that would protect him from media identification. The 15-year-old took action against the Department of Justice over claims it has done nothing about a law prohibiting the press from…

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln notifies 30,000 of breach that may have occurred two years ago

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Dissent

Chris Dunker reports: A breach of a University of Nebraska-Lincoln computer server potentially exposed thousands of student names, ID numbers and grades to an outside source, campus officials said Tuesday. In a letter sent to approximately 30,000 current and former students, UNL said an unauthorized breach of a server hosting a math placement exam occurred…

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Data breach enables car thieves in Jersualem

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Dissent

Roee Yanovsky reports: Criminals from east Jerusalem were able to use information from a Hyundai and Kia data leak to steal dozens of brand new luxury cars and smuggle them into the West Bank. Israel Police recently arrested three east Jerusalem residents who were able to access data from the two companies, and using that…

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Hackers hit Thai sites to protest restrictive internet law

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Dissent

AP reports: Hackers saying they are protesting the passage of a bill restricting internet freedom have been attacking Thai government computer servers, temporarily disabling public access and reportedly copying restricted documents. A Facebook group called for people to deny access to government sites by repeatedly reloading them, a tactic that apparently forced the Defense Ministry…

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Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is sending emails to users about a Lynda.com data breach

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Dissent

Neowin reports: LinkedIn has begun informing Lynda.com users of a data breach, emailing customers to say that “an unauthorized third party breached a database that included some of your Lynda.com learning data, such as contact information and courses viewed.” The company says that there is no evidence to support the thought that passwords were included…

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Bleacher Reports Suffers Data Breach as “Unauthorized Party” Accesses User Data

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Sports news portal Bleacher Report announced today a security breach that affected readers that signed up for accounts on the site. At the time of writing the number of affected users isn’t known, and a request for comment from Bleeping Computer was not returned at the time of publishing. According to an…

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