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AU: University of New South Wales Facebook page flooded with soft porn in embarrassing hack

Posted on September 5, 2015 by Dissent

7News reports: Graphic images and links to soft-core porn were posted on The University of New South Wales Facebook page early this morning, shortly before it kicked off it’s Open day. One of the posts, which has since been deleted, showed images of pornographic actress Mia Khalifa, while others showed pictures of women’s backsides and…

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Former Tesla employee charged with hacking ex-boss’ computer

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Dissent

Kale Williams reports: A former Tesla employee has been indicted on charges of felony computer hacking after a federal investigation found he allegedly broke into his boss’ computer and posted employee evaluations on the Internet, officials said Thursday. Nima Kalbasi, a 28-year-old Canadian, was arrested Aug. 24 as he tried to cross the border from…

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Hacker Threatens To Sell Hillary Clinton’s Unreleased Private Emails For $500K

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Dissent

RadarOnline reports: Just as email-gate looked to be winding down, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned a person claiming to be a computer specialist has come forward with the stunning news that 32,000 emails from Hillary Clinton‘s private email account are up for sale. The price tag — a whopping $500,000! Promising to give the trove of the former Secretary of…

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Heritage Foundation emails, donor info stolen

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Dissent

UPDATE: The data weren’t stolen, but leaked. See this report. Original report: The home page of their web site says, “We keep your information private,” but Heritage Foundation has seemingly joined the ranks of those who failed to keep private information private. Tim Starks reports that the think tank had a data breach this week in which…

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Settlement reached in ex-Sony employees’ lawsuit over data breach – lawyers

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Dissent

We won’t have any details until mid-October, but AP reports that lawyers for former Sony Pictures Entertainment employees who sued SPE over a data breach have reached a settlement with their former employer.

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WV: Hacker claiming to be part of Islamic State hacks Wayne County Board of Education website, redirects visitors to site promoting terrorism

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Dissent

The State Journal reports: Someone claiming to be part of the Islamic State hacked the Wayne County Board of Education’s website in the early morning hours of Sept. 2, authorities report. West Virginia State Police Lt. Michael Baylous said the hack redirected internet users trying to access the board’s site to “another site which promotes…

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