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TalkTalk call centre staff manacled over security breach

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Dissent

Kelly Fiveash reports: TalkTalk has turned three workers—based at a call centre provider in India—over to the police, as part of its ongoing investigation into the budget ISP’s security practices, following a major hack on its systems last year. The company added that—in light of the arrests—it was considering ending its partnership with the call centre Wipro,…

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Islamic State-linked hacker makes first US appearance in federal court

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Dissent

Channel NewsAsia reports: A Kosovar citizen accused of hacking the personal data of more than a thousand U.S. officials and sending it to Islamic State militants in Syria appeared in U.S. federal court in Virginia on Wednesday. It was the first time Ardit Ferizi, 20, had publicly appeared in the United States since being extradited…

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North Carolina State University investigating claimed hack (UPDATED)

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Dissent

On January 17, DataBreaches.net became aware of data that had been uploaded to a paste site on January 15. It claimed to be data from the cwise subdomain of North Carolina State University’s web site.  From that site: The NOAA Cooperative Program for Climate & Weather Impacts on Society and the Environment (CWISE) is a collaboration between NOAA’s National Climatic Data…

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NY: Ex-Jockey Agent Paid NYRA Employee $100 Month To Access Entry Data

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Dissent

Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by New York State Police Superintendent Joseph A. D’Amico, yesterday announced that former jockey agent Manuel Gonzalez has been charged with illegally accessing the New York Racing Association’s (NYRA) computer system 170 times over a 15-month period by using the login and passwords of a NYRA employee whom…

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UK: Lincolnshire council shuts down all IT after malware attack (UPDATE1)

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Dissent

Update: The Independent is reporting that there’s been a £1 million ransom demand attached to this incident. Five days later, the council’s database is still down, it seems.  Alexander J. Martin reports: A 0-day security breach at Lincolnshire County Council has exposed locals’ medical records, addresses, and bank details, claimed an anonymous tipster, though the council denies…

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SCOTUS upholds Musacchio’s convictions for hacking former employer

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Dissent

Dan McCue reports on the Musacchio case: The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the felony convictions of a former executive with a technology firm who unlawfully hacked his employer’s computers to steal information he then used to start his own company. Michael Musacchio, the former president of Exel Transportation Services, was convicted in May…

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