If you thought our federal prosecutors over-charge under the CFAA and/or seek unreasonable prison terms for hacking, read this story in the Daily Sabah: … Onur Kopçak was sentenced Sunday to 135 years in prison for stealing 11 people’s credit card information and selling it to other cyber criminals. With this new sentence approved by the…
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Ca: Hard drive containing military and personal information found
Natasha Pace reports that a hard drive found nearly one year ago at a recycling depot is believed to belong to the Canadian military. The drive sat in a man’s closet until he went to use it recently and discovered what was on it. “I ran a recovery software and I basically saw some files that, basically,…
BC: 150 Burnaby school district staff email accounts hijacked
Cornelia Naylor reports: As many as 150 Burnaby school district staff email accounts were hijacked by scammers in November and December, according to district secretary-treasurer Greg Frank, wreaking havoc with the district’s online communication with the outside world. Frank said the staff email account holders fell prey to phishing scammers, who tricked them into revealing…
Dutch Law Includes General Data Breach Notification Obligation and Larger Fines for Violations of the Data Protection Act
Hunton & Williams write: On January 1, 2016, a Dutch law became effective that (1) includes a general obligation for data controllers to notify the Data Protection Authority (“DPA”) of data security breaches, and (2) authorizes the DPA to impose direct fines for violations of the Data Protection Act. Read more on Hunton & Williams Privacy & Information…
CAT Results 2015 Leaked At iimcat.ac.in – Hackers Released Merit Cutoff
Michael Jackson reports: The Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad (IIM-A) conducted the CAT Exam 2015 last year very successfully on 29th November 2015 and according to the latest news received, some hackers have hacked the official website of IIM-A and released the result of 2015 CAT exams of about 2,00,000 students. Every year, lakhs…
Ho Chi Minh City jails 7 for abetting $200 mln transnational credit card fraud
Thanh Nien News reports: A Ho Chi Minh City court Thursday sentenced a man to seven and half years in prison for trading personal information stolen from credit card users in Vietnam and other countries. Six henchmen of Van Tien Tu, 30, got jail terms of one and a half to four years, all for…