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More Trouble For Sony? PlayStation Servers ‘Used To Spread Stolen Data’

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Dissent

Thomas Fox-Brewster reports: Things could be about to go from bad to worse for Sony. Having been allegedly hacked by a crew going by the name of Guardians of Peace (GOP) and an alleged 27GB of data chucked on numerous peer-to-peer file sharing networks, it’s now emerged PlayStation Network web servers are being used to hand out…

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Iran-backed hackers targeted airlines, energy firms: report

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Dissent

Jim Finkle reports:  Iranian hackers have infiltrated some of the world’s top energy, transport and infrastructure companies over the past two years in a campaign that could allow them to eventually cause physical damage, according to U.S. cyber security firm Cylance. Read more on Reuters. UPDATE and CORRECTION: Reuters later changed their headline from “Iran…

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American Residuals and Talent (ART Payroll) notifying employees of hack

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Dissent

Oregon-based American Residuals and Talent, Inc. (“ART”) (ART Payroll)  is notifying former and current clients’ employees of a data breach. Emily Erskine, President of ART, writes: On October 18, 2014, we detected an unauthorized login onto our web application. We worked immediately to contain the unauthorized access and prevent it from happening again. The unauthorized…

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Sony Breach May Have Exposed Employee Healthcare, Salary Data

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: The recent hacker break-in at Sony Pictures Entertainment appears to have involved the theft of far more than unreleased motion pictures: According to multiple sources, the intruders also stole more than 25 gigabytes of sensitive data on tens of thousands of Sony employees, including Social Security numbers, medical and salary information. Several files being…

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German Constitutional Court Rejects the Extradition of “World’s #2 Hacker” to US

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Dissent

Germany’s top court won’t agree to extradite an alleged hacker to the U.S. until it is assured the hacker won’t face a “disproportionate” sentence, if convicted. The Associated Press reports that the  Federal Constitutional Court overturned a lower court’s approval of Ercan Findikoglu’s extradition: It said Frankfurt’s regional court needs to obtain assurances from U.S. authorities that…

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Three Members Of New York Cell Of International Cybercrime Organization Sentenced For Roles In $45 Million Cyberattack

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Dissent

On November 25 in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, Elvis Rafael Rodriguez, age 25 of Yonkers, was sentenced to 34 months’ imprisonment for his participation in an international cybercrime organization responsible for two cyberattacks that inflicted $45 million in losses on the global financial system in a matter of hours. Two of Rodriguez’s co-defendants were…

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