Here’s the government’s press release on Timothy French’s plea yesterday: A Tennessee man pleaded guilty in federal court today to charges he helped launch cyber-attacks on corporations, universities and governmental entities throughout the world. As a member of the hacking group “NullCrew,” TIMOTHY JUSTEN FRENCH exploited computer vulnerabilities to obtain unauthorized access and steal confidential…
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Hackers Could Take Control Of Your Car, But You Can’t Sue Carmakers For That Risk
Eric Goldman writes: Cars contain millions of lines of software code, which makes them tempting targets for hackers. Further, with the increased automation of cars, we face growing risks that malicious hackers will remotely take control of cars and cause significant personal or property damage. Ideally, car manufacturers would be actively combating this risk, but…
Wyndham caves, settles charges with FTC (updated)
I did not see this coming. Wyndham has settled FTC charges, bringing an end to a closely watched court case involving FTC’s authority to enforce data security. The case was the first one that hadn’t resulted in a consent order. Today’s settlement leaves only the LabMD as a challenge to FTC’s authority to enforce data…
Morgan Stanley Suspected Russian Hackers in Client-Data Breach
Justin Baer reports: Morgan Stanley suspected that Russian hackers stole client data from a former financial adviser who pleaded guilty to illegally accessing the bank’s computers and taking the information home with him. Galen Marsh, who was fired from the Wall Street firm in January for viewing and copying account information on other advisers’ clients, pleaded guilty…
UK: Students left without internet after massive DDoS against Network Janet
This story appears in The Express with the headline, “Students left without internet after Islamic State ‘hack’ major computer network.” But who says it’s Daesh that’s responsible for this? There is no official attribution and no one’s claimed responsibility. Is The Express jumping the gun with that headline? The only ones who seem to be…
NullCrew hacker pleads guilty
Jon Seidel reports that NullCrew member Timothy J. French pleaded guilty this morning in federal court in Chicago. NullCrew’s attacks on Bell Canada, University of Virginia, Spokeo, Comcast, and other entities have been covered in the past on this site (search NullCrew), and many of NullCrew’s “Fuck the System!” newsletters and YouTube videos remain available online. During one…