Have we ever seen any American executives return their wages over a data security breach? I can’t recall ever seeing that. And while some commenters on this Kyodo News story think the amount is “chicken feed” and a meaningless gesture, it’s still noteworthy, I think: Japanese welfare minister Yasuhisa Shiozaki and other senior officials doubling as…
Category: Hack
Anonymous Defaces Local News Weeklies, Threatens Further Action
Bea Karnes reports: Hackers took control of the five news websites of Embarcadero Media Group on Thursday night, according to the media outlet. The websites of Palo Alto Weekly, The Almanac, Mountain View Voice and Pleasanton Weekly were all reportedly attacked at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday. Embarcadero Media took the websites — PaloAltoOnline.com, mv-voice.com, almanacnews.com, pleasantonweekly.com, and danvillesanramon.com — down while…
WI: Former Central student charged with hacking school network
Jon Brines reports: A former Central High School student has been named in a criminal complaint for allegedly hacking into the school district’s network, disrupting it, copying and posting the information online. “We had a student that was hacking into the system and it did slow down the system,” District Administrator Scott Pierce said Friday….
Federal Charges Brought In Tallahassee Cyberstalking Case
A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Michael Daniel Rubens, 30, formerly of Tallahassee, with seven counts of cyberstalking, five counts of unauthorized access to a protected computer, and one count of aggravated identity theft. Rubens was arraigned this week in the U.S. District Court in Tallahassee. The indictment was announced by Christopher P. Canova,…
Class action suit brought against Excellus over hack
It may be the first, but I doubt it will be the last lawsuit filed. There’s nothing dramatically different about the complaint compared to other lawsuits in that there are no claims of concrete harms like fraudulent accounts, etc. The main claim is that the plaintiffs have spent time and money protecting themselves. The lawsuit includes…
Iron Tiger Campaign Stolen ‘Terabytes’ of Data in APAC and US
Phil Muncaster reports: Security researchers have discovered another advanced China-based targeted attack campaign which shifted its focus from APAC targets in 2013 to steal up to terabytes of data from hi-tech US government contractors. “Emissary Panda” or “Threat Group-3390 (TG-3390)” launched its Iron Tiger campaign in 2010, spying on political targets and government agencies in…