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Ca: Smiths Falls police lay charges in Family Services data breach

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Dissent

There’s a follow-up to a breach previously reported in April. CTV Ottawa reports that two individuals have been charged in connection with the posting of confidential information from Family and Children’s Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville. Kelley Denham, 28, and Derek Flegg, 50, are facing several charges including mischief, theft and trafficking in identity information. Read…

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The spy who hacked a thousand Indian sites

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Dissent

Pro-Pakistan hacker Afzal Faizal who breached the firewalls of more than a thousand Indian websites in the last two years has come under the scanner of Indian security agencies, five days after he claimed to have got access to the e-payment system of a nationalized bank. Intel officials said earlier, Faizal restricted his hacking efforts…

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Data Breach At Oracle’s MICROS Point-of-Sale Division

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: A Russian organized cybercrime group known for hacking into banks and retailers appears to have breached hundreds of computer systems at software giant Oracle Corp., KrebsOnSecurity has learned. More alarmingly, the attackers have compromised a customer support portal for companies using Oracle’s MICROS point-of-sale credit card payment systems. Asked this weekend for comment on rumors of a large…

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An Assessment of the Anthem Data Breach Litigation Rulings

Posted on August 8, 2016 by Dissent

David Silverman writes: [Eric’s intro: this blog post helps distill Judge Koh’s two rulings, In re Anthem Inc. Data Breach Litig., No. 15-MD-02617 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 16, 2016) (“Anthem I”) and In re Anthem Inc. Data Breach Litig., No. 15-MD-02617 (N.D. Cal. May 27, 2016) (“Anthem II”). These are complicated opinions, and I hope this post helps…

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Hack attempt on Garda computers forced shutdown of systems

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Dissent

Irish Mirror reports: A hacking attempt was made on Garda computer systems this week, it has emerged. The attack, which happened on Thursday, forced gardai to shut down a number of internal systems in an attempt to prevent sensitive data from being reached.   […]Gardai said they identified a ‘zero day’ or new strain of…

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Athens Orthopedic committed to rectifying data breach issues

Posted on August 7, 2016 by Dissent

One of the surgeons at Athens Orthopedic Clinic in Georgia has written an open letter to patients and the community. I would encourage everyone to read it for perspective.    

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