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…
Category: Hack
Sony Breach May Have Exposed Employee Healthcare, Salary Data
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…
German Constitutional Court Rejects the Extradition of “World’s #2 Hacker” to US
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…
Three Members Of New York Cell Of International Cybercrime Organization Sentenced For Roles In $45 Million Cyberattack
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…
Sony hires Mandiant after cyber attack, FBI starts probe
Jim Finkle and Ron Grover report: Sony Pictures Entertainment has hired FireEye Inc’s (FEYE.O) Mandiant forensics unit to clean up a massive cyber attack that knocked out the studio’s computer network nearly a week ago, three people with knowledge of the matter said on Sunday. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is also investigating the…
Sony still quiet while rumors and uploads swirl
It’s hard for me to figure out what the real headline should be over the Sony Pictures hack. Is is that a lot of personal data may have been stolen – again? And if so, will the FTC open an investigation into the breach? Is it that North Korea may be involved in the attack?…