SAN FRANCISCO – Karim Baratov, aka Kay, aka Karim Taloverov, aka Karim Akehmet Tokbergenov, 23, was sentenced to 60 months in prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine, which encompasses all of his remaining assets. The sentence was announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Alex G. Tse for the Northern District of California, Assistant Attorney…
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UK: Grant West, aka “Courvoisier,” sentenced to 10 years and eight months
A prolific computer hacker has been jailed for 10 years and eight months for stealing financial data and passwords belonging to tens of thousands of people in order to sell the information on the dark web. Grant West, 26, sent “phishing” emails, designed to look as if they came from legitimate businesses, to target customers…
Aetna, still looking for scapegoat in HIV disclosure fiasco, sues plaintiffs firms
This case is the stuff derisive tweeters live for. Seriously. Aetna is only making itself look worse and worse. Alison Frankel reports: Aetna has intensified its search for someone else to blame for a settlement notification fiasco that has so far put the company on the hook for nearly $20 million. Aetna stands accused, as…
New VPNFilter malware targets at least 500K networking devices worldwide
Cisco’s Talos writes: For several months, Talos has been working with public- and private-sector threat intelligence partners and law enforcement in researching an advanced, likely state-sponsored or state-affiliated actor’s widespread use of a sophisticated modular malware system we call “VPNFilter.” We have not completed our research, but recent events have convinced us that the correct…
Update: LifeBridge Health notifying 500,000 patients of security incident
Remember that LifeBridge Health and LifeBridge Potomac Professionals malware incident noted on this site on May 16? Baltimore Sun reports that they are notifying 500,000. Ouch.
UK: The University of Greenwich fined £120,000 by Information Commissioner for “serious” security breach
The University of Greenwich has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner following a “serious” security breach involving the personal data of nearly 20,000 people – among them students and staff. It is the first university to have been fined by the Commissioner under the existing data protection legislation (Data Protection Act 1998). The investigation…