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Lawsuits over Paytime data breach dismissed

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Dissent

Matt Miller reports: Saying no legally compensable injuries have yet occurred, a federal judge Friday dismissed two would-be class-action lawsuits filed over last year’s massive data breach at the Paytime Inc. national payroll firm. The clients who sued the Cumberland County-based Paytime had sought financial damages for what they claimed was the threat they face of…

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US hacking accused Lauri Love ‘had stolen government data’

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Dissent

BBC reports: A British man accused of hacking into US government software networks had a computer that appeared to have “stolen” information on it, a court heard. Lauri Love, 30, of Suffolk, who faces no charges in the UK, is seeking the return of machines seized by police. But, at Bury St Edmunds Magistrates’ Court,…

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KHNP hacker demands money to withhold documents

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Dissent

WNN reports: A hacker who launched a cyber attack on Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power (KHNP) last December has released more files and demanded money in return for not exchanging sensitive information with third countries. From 15 December a group calling itself ‘Who am I = No nuclear power’ began releasing information it obtained from…

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PA: Last year’s UPMC data breach affecting some employees’ tax returns

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Dissent

Bofta Yimam reports that a breach reported in 2014 that resulted in over 800 cases of tax refund fraud for University of Pittsburgh Medical Center employees may still be impacting employees this year: If you work for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, you may have to wait for your tax refund because of the…

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Third Circuit Questions FTC’s Data Security Authority

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Dissent

Kacy Brake of Alston & Bird provides her recap of oral argument in the Third Circuit FTC case against Wyndham. You can read her comments here.

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How an Accused Russian Hacker on Tropical Holiday was Nabbed by U.S. Agents

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Dissent

Del Quentin Wilber describes the final chapter in  the U.S.’s attempts to capture Russian hacker Roman Seleznev, aka “Track2,” who was arrested last July and charged with hacking hundreds of businesses. Seleznev, who had been indicted in absentia in March 2011, had over 2 million stolen credit card numbers on his laptop at the time of…

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