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Mom says her 11-year-old son hacked into his school’s virtual system and shut down classes

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Dissent

That feeling when you are told your child is some kind of evil genius/master criminal who has been sabotaging the school district’s network for months…. Jeroslyn Johnson reports: A mom recently went viral on TikTok after finally revealing all the trouble her 11-year-old son has been in due to his amazing tech skills. TikTok user @VictoriaPrettyMuch took to TikTok…

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Israeli Cyber Unit action removes Black Shadow Iran-affiliated hacking website

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Dissent

JNS reports: The Israeli Cyber Unit, part of the State Prosecution Office, led the removal of a website belonging to the Black Shadow Iranian-affiliated hacking website after it targeted a number of Israeli websites, Walla reported on Thursday. “The removal of the site means a significant reduction to expose personal materials publicized by Black Shadow, a hacking group affiliated…

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Waikato DHB warned a cyber attack ‘catastrophic for patient safety’

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Dissent

Natalie Akoorie reports: The Waikato District Health Board was warned its IT security was inadequate and severely compromised just months before a massive ransomware attack that brought Waikato Hospital to its knees. The internal cyber security document dated December last year also warned that a lack of training meant staff posed an unintentional threat to…

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Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers in months-long undetected cyber security breach

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Dissent

Rory Callinan reports: Queensland’s largest regional water supplier, Sunwater, says it was targeted by hackers in a cyber security breach that went undetected for nine months. It has been revealed that hackers left suspicious files on a webserver to redirect visitor traffic to an online video platform last year. Sunwater admitted the cyber breach after the tabling…

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Posted on November 10, 2021 by Dissent

OK, with the help of someone smarter than me, I have decided to create a Monero wallet to accept XMR donations.  If you want to support this site’s work, please donate.  This site does not receive any corporate financial sponsorship and yes, after 15 years of paying fees to host and run PogoWasRight.org and DataBreaches.net,…

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US seizes $6 million in ransom payments and expected to charge Ukrainian over major REvil cyberattack

Posted on November 8, 2021 by Dissent

Christina Carrega and Sean Lyngaas report: Law enforcement officials have seized an estimated $6 million in ransom payments, and the US Justice Department is expected to announce Monday that it has charged a suspect from Ukraine over a damaging July ransomware attack on an American company in a breakthrough for the Biden administration’s pursuit of cybercriminals, CNN…

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