Over the past few months, DataBreaches.net has reported on a number of hacking incidents where the attackers demanded ransom if the victims did not want to see their data publicly dumped or put up for sale. Some of the incidents involved TheDarkOverlord, who attacked a number of clinics in the healthcare sector. Other incidents involved a self-described…
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California congressman sues opponent, alleging violations of CFAA
Another civil case invoking the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Jeff Matsuura and Craig Blakeley of Alliance Law Group, LLC write: Representative Mike Honda of California has sued his campaign opponent alleging violations of the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). The CFAA provides for both criminal and civil actions. Although we often focus on the criminal prosecutions…
UK Man Involved in 2012 Yahoo Hack Sentenced to Prison
Eduard Kovacs reports: The U.K. National Crime Agency (NCA) announced last week that one of the members of an international cybercrime group has been given a two-year jail sentence. The individual, 23-year-old Nazariy Markuta from London, is believed to be a member of a hacker collective known as “D33Ds Company.” In 2012, the group leaked more than…
Florida Bar Association hacked, members’ data leaked (UPDATE3)
Please see updates below this post, as the bar association disputed any claims that they were hacked and asked DataBreaches.net to remove the post. If they would prefer “unauthorized access” to “hack,” well, okay, but they need to secure their files better, even if they are public records. Original post: You’ve probably seen some articles…
Armenian Hackers Leak Azerbaijani Banking and Military Data
Waqas reports: Armenian hackers from Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA) have leaked a trove of data which they claim belongs to Azerbaijani banks, military and police servers. In an email to HackRead, one of the representatives from MMCA said that reason for targeting government and financial servers was to send a ”precious gift” to Azeris on the 25th anniversary of the…
Oh, how America just loves scandals involving the British royalty
Everyone who knows me knows that I generally don’t wade into the muck and mire of celebrity lives or even hacks of celebrities’ iCloud accounts. I’m staunchly on record that even celebrities have a right to privacy. Over the weekend, though, I wound up interviewing a UK man who had involvement in selling Pippa Middleton’s hacked iCloud…