CBC reported this earlier this week: The Sûreté du Québec’s major crimes unit is investigating two cases of ransomware attacks. The Appalaches school board in Thetford-Mines and La Rose des Vents, a support group for cancer patients in Sherbrooke, reported the cyberattacks to authorities after they could no longer access their online documents. Both organizations reported that thousands of their files have…
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‘JustBatCat’ pleads guilty to helping ‘KYAnonymous’ in computer hacking case
Bill Estep reports: A computer hacker has admitted helping a Winchester resident known online as “KYAnonymous” compromise a website and get involved in the controversy surrounding a notorious rape case in Steubenville, Ohio. Noah McHugh, of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty in federal court in Lexington to one charge of accessing a computer without authorization. The…
Clinton email investigation: FBI notes reveal laptop and thumb drive are missing
David Smith reports: A Clinton Foundation laptop and a thumb drive used to archive Hillary Clinton’s emails from her time as secretary of state are missing, according to FBI notes released on Friday. Read more on The Guardian.
Ukrainian nationalist hackers blamed for leaking personal information of journalists
Fil Warwick reports: Hundreds of Ukrainian journalists and foreign correspondents woke up one August morning to find their contact information – and even passport details – published online as part of a leak blamed on hackers. It’s the second leak to target Ukraine-based journalists in the last four months. The contents of the first leak –…
IL: They agreed to serve, now their personal information has been leaked
Carolyn P. Smith reports: Three Washington Park residents who will be new election judges in Precinct 3 on Nov. 8 are upset that someone leaked their private information, including cell phone and Social Security numbers, out into the public and that it could fall into the wrong hands. The St. Clair County Clerk’s office sent…
Private lives are exposed as WikiLeaks spills its secrets
Raphael Satter and Maggie Michael of AP report: WikiLeaks’ global crusade to expose government secrets is causing collateral damage to the privacy of hundreds of innocent people, including survivors of sexual abuse, sick children and the mentally ill, The Associated Press has found. In the past year alone, the radical transparency group has published medical…