This is Part 3 of a 3-part series on a stolen laptop. If you missed the earlier parts, you can find them here: Part 1 and Part 2. Priscilla Hwang reports: The N.W.T. government’s information technology division knew a set of laptops were “very difficult” to encrypt, but still handed it out for government staff…
Category: Of Note
Hundreds of immigrant recruits risk ‘death sentence’ after Army bungles data, lawmaker says
Today’s reminder that some “human error” breaches can put lives at risk. Alex Horton reports: Army officials inadvertently disclosed sensitive information about hundreds of immigrant recruits from nations such as China and Russia, in a breach that could aid hostile governments in persecuting them or their families, a lawmaker and former U.S. officials said. A…
Tufts expelled a student for grade hacking. She claims innocence
Zack Whittaker dives into the case of a Tufts veterinary student expelled for allegedly hacking Tufts to try to alter grades. As he reports in his meticulously researched and detailed piece: The case Tufts presented seems compelling, if not entirely believable. There’s just one problem: In almost every instance that the school accused Filler of…
That marketing email database that exposed 809 million contact records? Maybe make that two-plus BILLION. (UPDATED: No, don’t. Those claims are not supported)
Update 1: Vinny Troia contacted me to question DynaRisk’s claims. He informs this site that he has all four databases, has all of the data that is in the Dynarisk screenshots, and there is nowheres near 2 billion records. So it seems that this questions is unsettled as yet. DataBreaches.net will be contacting Dynarisk. Update…
NY Appellate Court Slams Use of Hacked Email
Craig A. Newman of Patterson Belknap writes: When we hear about discovery abuses in litigation, we often think of overzealous lawyers using obstructionist tactics. Such behavior, however, rarely involves litigants hacking into the email of an adversary or accessing privileged attorney-client communications that disclose litigation strategies. But in a unanimous rulinglast week, a New York…
North Korea amassed around $670 million in cryptocurrency through hacking, says UN panel
Kaori Yoshida reports: North Korea has used cyberattacks and blockchain technology to circumvent economic sanctions and obtain foreign currency, according to a panel of experts reporting to the U.N. Security Council. Pyongyang has amassed around $670 million in foreign and virtual currency through cyberthefts and used blockchain technology to cover its tracks, the panel told the…