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….
Category: Hack
Years of poor network security at State predated a hack linked to Russia
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…
Teen claims he hacked CIA director’s AOL account, posts contact list and files online (Update1)
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…
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Says Hack Linked to China
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…
Russian Hackers of Dow Jones Said to Have Sought Trading Tips (UPDATED with Denial from Dow Jones)
Update: Dow Jones is totally denying the story. The Register reports Dow Jones issued the following statement: “To the best of our knowledge, we have received no information from the authorities about any such alleged matter, and we are looking into whether there is any truth whatsoever to this report by a competitor news organization,” said Colleen…
Hacker who crashed FBI and Home Office websites dodges immediate jail term
Ross McCarthy reports that Charlton Floate, the teenage hacker who brought down FBI and Home Office websites from his family home in Solihull has avoided jail time: … in sentencing Floate to eight months suspended for 18 months Judge Steel said he had taken into account his age at the time he committed the offences, his remorse and…