Mathew J. Schwartz reports: LulzSec Hacker “Topiary” famously tweeted: “You cannot arrest an idea.” Perhaps not, but in the case of Topiary, revealed to be Jake Davis, now 20, you can be sentenced to 24 months in a “young offenders institute” for two counts of conspiracy to impair the operation of a computer, to be followed…
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$200,000 suggested for SCDOR hacking compensation fund
Andrew Shain reports: South Carolina should set aside $200,000 next year for a fund to compensate victims of the massive computer hacking at the S.C. Department of Revenue, state Sen. Vincent Sheheen and state Treasurer Curtis Loftis proposed Tuesday. The fund would be administered like the state’s unclaimed property operation, headed by the treasurer’s office….
No damages? Illinois federal court tosses Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claim alleging hacking of law firm network
Paul Freehling of Seyfarth Shaw LLP writes: An Illinois federal court recently found in the favor of the defendant on a plaintiff’s Computer Fraud and Abuse Act claim because the plaintiff allegedly failed to satisfy the statute’s $5,000 damages threshold. The plaintiff, a computer consulting servicing company which spent time restoring its client’s computer network…
Indian card processor in $45 million heist is ElectraCard Services – Reuter sources
Dinesh Nair and Jessica Dye of Reuters report that one of the card processors whose security was breached in a $45 million global cyber heist was India’s ElectraCard Services. No one has confirmed that officially, however, as the sources spoke on condition of anonymity. You can read the Reuter’s exclusive coverage here.
Washington state Administrative Office of the Courts hack due to unpatched ColdFusion vulnerability
Rachel La Corte has more on the hack reported earlier today on this blog: The breach happened due to vulnerability in an Adobe Systems Inc. software program, ColdFusion, that has since been patched, court officials said. The hack happened sometime after September but wasn’t caught until February, they said. […] Mike Keeling, the courts’ information…
160,000 Social Security numbers and 1 million driver license numbers exposed in hack of WA Administrative Office of the Courts
Rachel La Corte reports: The Washington state Administrative Office of the Courts was hacked in February, and up to 160,000 Social Security numbers and 1 million driver license numbers may have been accessed during the data breach of its public website. Officials with the courts announced Thursday that so far, it has been confirmed that…