Jacob Weindling reports: TIME dropped a bombshell report today that should be getting more attention than it currently is. Here is the tl;dr version of a story that you should read in its entirety. The hacking of state and local election databases in 2016 was more extensive than previously reported, including at least one successful…
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GOP data firm that exposed millions of Americans’ personal information is facing its first class-action lawsuit
Natasha Bertrand reports: A data-analytics firm hired by the Republican National Committee last year to gather political information about US voters accidentally leaked the sensitive personal details of roughly 198 million citizens earlier this month. And it’s now facing its first class-action lawsuit. Deep Root Analytics, a data firm contracted by the RNC, stored details of about…
Data on 198M voters exposed by RNC contractor
It’s somewhat unbelievable how this keeps happening and Congress continues to sit on its hands when it comes to voter registration data. The Russians don’t need to hack anything. They just need to look for leaky servers or buckets. Joe UChill reports: A data analytics contractor employed by the Republican National Committee (RNC) left databases…
Russian ‘Fancy Bear’ Hackers Tainted Their Huge Leaks With Fake Data
Thomas Fox-Brewster reports: The first evidence that the hacker crew responsible for the breach of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) snuck false information into their leaks has been uncovered by a group of researchers. The hackers, a group called Fancy Bear that U.S. intelligence and law enforcement claim to be sponsored by Russia’s intelligence unit, the…
Ng: I Created 400 User Names, Was Paid N600,000 To Hack JAMB Website – Suspect
Datboy Jerry writes: A member of a syndicate who was arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, has admitted that they erected a radio mast to hack the Virtual Private Network of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The syndicate, which includes a proprietor of…
Thousands of examiners’ personal details stolen in AQA cyber-attack
John Dickens reports: Tens of thousands of examiners have had their personal details hacked after the exam board AQA was victim to a cyber-attack. Data relating to 64,000 examiners stored on some of AQA’s online systems has been stolen by attackers, including examiners’ name, address, personal phone numbers, and passwords. However the board stressed the…