The case of the tutor involved in hacking Corona Del Mar High School to change students’ grades is like a soap opera. Now AP reports that the tutor, Timothy Lance Lai, faces an additional 16 charges of computer access and fraud. Prosecutors say Lai pleaded not guilty to the new charges. A message was left for Lai’s…
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FBI looking into Chinese military involvement in cyber hack of U.S. company
Elizabeth Shim reports: The FBI is probing into possible Chinese military involvement in a data breach of Register.com, a network that manages more than 1.4 million website addresses. The Financial Times reported the cyber attack on the U.S. company included theft of employee passwords and unauthorized access to Register’s network during a yearlong breach that did not…
British Judo in deep shido after cyber attack
Alexander J. Martin reports: The British Judo Association has temporarily shut down its online membership application system after an illegal intrusion snagged some members’ details. The association is grappling with an information breach that has possibly tossed members’ credit card info right into the clutches of online criminals. Read more on The Register.
AU: FIT College hacked because “they need better security”
FIT College in Australia trains personal trainers. Unfortunately, their infosecurity wasn’t as fit as their trainers, it seems. The same hacker who hacked South West TAFE in Australia also claims to have hacked FIT and dumped a listing of their available databases on Pastebin yesterday. “A lot more in this breach would have been achievable,” the hacker, who tweets…
Wyndham: A Case Study in Cybersecurity: How the cost of a relatively small breach can rival that of a major hack attack
Timothy Cornell of Clifford Chance US LLP has an interesting write-up on the Wyndham case that really details the time and labor costs of responding to a government investigation following a data breach. Here’s an example: On April 8, 2010, the FTC began to investigate Wyndham Worldwide and three of its subsidiaries (collectively “Wyndham”), sending Wyndham…
Judge OKs $10 million settlement in Target data breach
Steve Karnowski and Michelle Chapman of AP report: A Minnesota judge has endorsed a settlement in which Target Corp. will pay $10 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over a massive data breach in 2013. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson said at a hearing Thursday in St. Paul, Minnesota, that he would grant preliminary approval…