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Chinese military seen behind Japan cyberattacks

Posted on April 22, 2021 by Dissent

Kyodo and Bloomberg News report: China’s military is thought to have instructed a hacker group to conduct cyberattacks on nearly 200 companies and research institutes in Japan, including the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, investigative sources said Tuesday. Tokyo police referred a Chinese man, who is a member of the Chinese Communist Party, to prosecutors Tuesday…

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Manager of Hospice and Home Health Companies Sentenced to Prison for Role in $150 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Dissent

The following press release provides an update to a case previously noted on this site: A Texas man was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy at the Merida Group, a chain of hospice and home health agencies throughout Texas, to falsely convince thousands of patients with long-term incurable…

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11th Circuit Asked to Toss Out Massive US Data Breach Settlement

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Dissent

Izzy Kapnick reports: A $380 million settlement over the 2017 Equifax data breach is hanging in the balance in the 11th Circuit, where a tort-reform attorney argued Tuesday that the deal unfairly lumped all plaintiffs into a single class. During the cantankerous appellate hearing, a three-judge panel weighed whether to preserve the historic settlement arising…

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Ransomware gang tries to extort Apple hours ahead of Spring Loaded event

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: The operators of the REvil ransomware are demanding that Apple pay a ransom demand to avoid having confidential information leaked on the dark web. The REvil crew claims it came into possession of Apple product data after breaching Quanta Computer, a Taiwanese company that is the biggest laptop manufacturer in the world and which is…

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Internal Facebook Memo Reveals Company Plan to ‘Normalize’ News of Data Leaks After 500 Million User Breach

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Dissent

Adam Smith reports: A leaked internal Facebook memo has inadvertently revealed the social media giant’s tactics after its recent data scraping controversy. Approximately 535 million accounts, one of which belonged to chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, had their personal information exposed. Online tools allowed anyone to check if their information, which included phone numbers, was revealed. Facebook said it would…

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AU: Service NSW kept victims in dark after hackers stole personal data

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Dissent

Jess Malcolm reports: The NSW government has deliberately failed to inform tens of thousands of people that their ­personal information was stolen in a cyber security attack on Service NSW employee emails, as the agency says it has no obligation to notify affected customers. Documents obtained by The Australian show Service NSW ­decided not to…

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