Tamer Sameeh reports: Russian federal authorities have directed internet service providers across the country to block access to ProtonMail, an encrypted email service provider, as confirmed by the company’s CEO. The block order came directly from the Russian Federal Security Service, which was formerly known as the KGB. As reported via a Russian blog post…
Category: Of Note
Plaintiffs in Casino Rama class-action lawsuit and defendants argue in court over how big the class should be.
In November, 2016, Casino Rama in Ontario disclosed that it had been hacked. Shortly thereafter, we learned that some of that data had already been leaked online. The hackers, who signed themselves as “Anonymous Threat Agent,” wrote that the breach was “extremely simple” and that “no security systems were in place leaving the whole casino…
Due Process for Alleged Student Hacker?
Lindsay McKenzie reports: Just four months before she was due to graduate, Tiffany Filler was expelled from the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University. Leaders at Tufts say Filler hacked into university systems and changed her grades. Filler says she has proof she didn’t do it. Tufts is standing by its decision. But…
Security researcher pleads guilty to hacking into Microsoft and Nintendo
Tom Warren reports: A 24-year-old security researcher narrowly avoided prison today, after admitting to hacking into Microsoft and Nintendo servers and stealing confidential information. Zammis Clark, known online as Slipstream or Raylee, was charged on multiple counts of computer misuse offenses in a London Crown Court on Thursday, and pleaded guilty to hacking into Microsoft…
New Shodan Tool Warns Organizations of Their Internet-Exposed Devices
Kelly Jackson Higgins reports: Famed Internet search engine Shodan this week rolled out a service that helps solve the underlying problem its tool exposes: The new Shodan Monitor alerts organizations about their devices left exposed on the public Internet. […] Matherly says setting up Shodan Monitor – which is free to all paying Shodan members – takes…
Ex-NSA contractor pleads guilty to vast classified data leak, faces 9 years in prison
Sean Lyngaas reports: A former National Security Agency contractor accused of one of the largest breaches of classified data in U.S. history pleaded guilty Thursday to one felony count and faces a total of nine years in federal prison. Appearing solemn and weary in federal court in Baltimore, Harold T. Martin III, 54, seemed to embrace his…