Ed Pilkington reports: The underground world of computer hackers has been so thoroughly infiltrated in the US by the FBI and secret service that it is now riddled with paranoia and mistrust, with an estimated one in four hackers secretly informing on their peers, a Guardian investigation has established. Cyber policing units have had such…
Category: Of Note
When Is it Ethical to Publish Stolen Data?
Helen Lewis has a lengthy, and thought-provoking piece on Nieman Reports that asks, Journalists have been accused of invading privacy, threatening national security, and breaching copyright by publishing such stories, and their sources might lose their jobs, their freedom, or even their lives. So how should reporters and editors decide whether to publish and how much…
FTC Takes Action Against LifeLock for Alleged Violations of 2010 Order
Whoa. The Federal Trade Commission today asserted that LifeLock violated a 2010 settlement with the agency and 35 state attorneys general by continuing to make deceptive claims about its identity theft protection services, and by failing to take steps required to protect its users’ data. In documents filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of…
Experian sued over Court Ventures-related breach
He beat me to it. 🙂 While I took a break to argue on Twitter about the hacked Jeep story in Wired, Brian Krebs was reporting on a class action lawsuit filed against Experian over the Court Ventures/U.S. InfoSearch data breach that was covered extensively on both his site and on this site. The lawsuit was…
FBI, Israel Make Securities Fraud Arrests Tied to JPMorgan Hack
Michael Riley and Jordan Robertson report: Law enforcement authorities arrested four people in Israel and Florida and revealed a complex securities fraud scheme tied to the computer hacks of JPMorgan Chase & Co. and other financial institutions. Officials said a fifth person remains at large. The morning arrests are the culmination of a months-long investigation…
Opelousas hacker held wihout bond, allegedly controlled thousands of computers
Tina Macias reports: The Opelousas man, Rory Guidry, arrested last week for his alleged part in a nationwide cybercrime ring will remain behind bars without bond, pending a mental health evaluation, a Lafayette federal judge ruled today. Guidry, 28, is charged with computer fraud and accused of attempting to sell access to a “botnet,” a…