And THIS is why I don’t jump on all on the early allegations. Jim Finkle reports: The Russian government has been ruled out as sponsor of a cyber attack on JPMorgan Chase & Co disclosed in August, U.S. law enforcement officials said on Monday. Read more on Reuters.
Category: Hack
Grim statistics: Officials warn 500 million financial records hacked within past 12 months
Erin Kelly reports: Federal officials warned companies Monday that hackers have stolen more than 500 million financial records over the past 12 months, essentially breaking into banks without ever entering a building. “We’re in a day when a person can commit about 15,000 bank robberies sitting in their basement,” said Robert Anderson, Jr., executive assistant…
‘LulzSec leader Aush0k’ found to be naughty boy not worthy of jail
Richard Chirgwin reports: The man that Australia’s Federal Police once described as “a self-proclaimed leader of the group ‘Lulz Security’ (Lulzsec) has been sentenced to 15 months of home detention, after a local magistrate decided he was just a very naughty boy. Flannery was sentenced last week in a case that has to date evaded…
Sourcebooks suffers credit card data breach (update2)
Dave Lewis writes: It wouldn’t be a Friday afternoon without a company sharing that they had suffered a data breach. Normally, I’m the first person to be sympathetic in this type of situation but, I have seen enough of these Friday disclosures that I’m starting to call bull spit on these. Just “starting,” Dave? What…
National Domestic Workers Alliance notifies employees of email intrusion that may have compromised their information
The National Domestic Workers Alliance is notifying employees that their personal information – and/or that of their spouse or dependents – may have been accessed in an email intrusion breach. In a notification letter dated October 16, Tara Ellison, Finance and Operations Director, writes: The types of personal information that may be contained in the email accounts include…
Ca: About 15,000 people affected in BC data breach
News1130 reports: The provincial government is admitting the personal information of about 15,000 people may have been disclosed in a data breach at the provincial Wildfire Management Branch. It says there was an unauthorized access on September 24th, and as soon as it was discovered the website was shut down. The province says a thorough…