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Spy agency: North Korea hackers stole sensitive South Korean data

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Dissent

Elizabeth Shim reports: North Korean hackers stole files from the computers of South Korean lawmakers and hacked into servers at the presidential Blue House, according to Seoul’s spy agency. South Korea’s National Intelligence Service said Tuesday government audit data was stolen from three personal computers that belong to members of the National Assembly, Newsis reported….

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Sony’s Settlement With Employees Over Hacked Data Worth More Than $5.5 Million

Posted on October 20, 2015 by Dissent

The Hollywood Reporter reports: Sony Pictures will be paying somewhere in the neighborhood of $5.5 million to $8 million to resolve a class action lawsuit over a large hack attack last winter that left the personal information of employees and ex-employees vulnerable. The details of the settlement were revealed in court papers on Monday night….

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U.S. judge dismisses Uber driver lawsuit over data breach

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Dissent

Dan Levine reports: A U.S. judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit filed by an Uber driver against the ride service over a data breach disclosed by the company, according to a ruling on Monday. In February, Uber revealed that as many as 50,000 of its drivers’ names and license numbers had been improperly downloaded….

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Years of poor network security at State predated a hack linked to Russia

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Dissent

Ken Dilanian of AP reports: The State Department was among the worst agencies in the federal government at protecting its computer networks while Hillary Rodham Clinton was secretary from 2009 to 2013, a situation that continued to deteriorate as John Kerry took office and Russian hackers breached the department’s email system, according to independent audits…

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Teen claims he hacked CIA director’s AOL account, posts contact list and files online (Update1)

Posted on October 19, 2015 by Dissent

From the yeah-this-probably-needs-to-be-investigated dept.: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s e-mail scandal didn’t stop the head of the CIA from using his own personal AOL account to stash work-related documents, according to a stoner high-school student who claims to have hacked into them. CIA Director John Brennan’s private account held sensitive files — including his 47-page application for top-secret…

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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Says Hack Linked to China

Posted on October 16, 2015 by Dissent

James Eng reports: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a private, nonprofit facility that does scientific research on the world’s oceans, says it was the target of an “aggressive” cyberattack it believes to have originated in China. The hackers gained access to Woods Hole data and email, WHOI President and Director Mark Abbott told staff in a…

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