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Judge sentences foreign hacker for first time ever in US

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Dissent

There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Jessica Masulli Reyes reports: David Pokora, 22, of Ontario, Canada, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. […] The group was responsible for stealing over $100 million worth of intellectual property from major technology companies, including Microsoft,…

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Massive TalkTalk data breach STILL causing customer scam tsunami

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Dissent

Kat Hall reports: A fresh wave of scammers appear to be targeting TalkTalk customers, following a massive data theft earlier this year, The Register has learned. In February, TalkTalk admitted to suffering a major breach into its users’ sensitive information, which may have led to some customers handing over bank data to hackers. Read more on The Register.

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NC: Wake County Public Schools take servers offline after DDoS attack

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Dissent

WRAL reports: Officials with the Wake County Public School System said Wednesday that they took dozens of school websites offline after a server was hit by hackers. The attack happened several weeks ago on a server that hosts 54 of the 178 websites operated by the school system. WCPSS spokeswoman Lisa Luten said the hack…

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Dem: USIS data breach affected more than 27K

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Dissent

Elise Viebeck reports: The number of individuals victimized in a cyberattack on a major background investigation service is higher than previously reported, the House Oversight Committee’s top Democrat said Wednesday. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) reported that the initial estimate of 27,000 federal employees compromised in the breach of government contractor USIS is now believed to…

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Ca: Detour Gold Corporation hacked

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Dissent

It looks like Detour Gold Corporation  (TSX: DGC) was massively hacked. In a paste by “Angel_of_Truth,” the hackers explain their motivation in both Russian and then English: This attack on a Canadian company is retribution for Canada’s sanctions on Russia, And the ongoing efforts to undermine Russia by the West. Below is some of the data that was…

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Anonymous Claims Hack of Israeli Arms Importer, Fab-Defense; Leaks Massive Client Login Data

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Dissent

Waqas reports: Online hacktivist Anonymous has breached into the website of an Israeli arm importer and manufacture Fab-Defense (fab-defense.com) and leaked login credentials plus personal details of its local and international clients/customers, including some government officers. The latest cyber attack was conducted under the banner of OpIsrael. After analyzing we found out that data is legit and…

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