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The FBI recommends that you pay up if hackers infect your computer with ransomware

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Dissent

When I saw the headline, “The FBI recommends that you pay up if hackers infect your computer with ransomware,” my first thought was that someone goofed and omitted a “not” before “pay up.” I was wrong. Tess Danielson reports: If a hacker hijacks your computer with malware and holds your data for ransom, it’s probably…

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Teen arrested in TalkTalk hack (UPDATE2)

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Dissent

Ben Quinn and Miles Brignall report: A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with the cyber-attack on TalkTalk’s website. The arrest is the first major development since the phone and broadband provider said last week it had been hacked, prompting warnings from the company that the bank details and personal information of its four…

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TX: Emergence Health Network notifies 11,100 mental health patients of possible PHI breach

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Dissent

First, their press release: (El Paso, Texas October 16, 2015) Emergence Health Network (EHN) is in the process of contacting individuals regarding an unauthorized disclosure of protected health information. An EHN computer server was compromised in August through an unauthorized internet connection. The affected computer server was disabled to minimize a compromise. It is not…

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Update: TalkTalk Hacked: 4M Customer Records Stolen In Attack Linked To Islamic Cyberterrorism

Posted on October 23, 2015 by Dissent

David Gilbert reports: TalkTalk, the U.K.-based telecoms company, has admitted that it has suffered its third major cyberattack in the last 12 months with data from its 4 million customers compromised by hackers in a “significant and sustained attack” on its website. In the wake of the admission by TalkTalk, the company’s shares on the London Stock…

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“Weev” obtains, leaks 11 undercover Planned Parenthood videos blocked by court

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Dissent

LifeSiteNews reports: The website GotNews.com claims it has obtained and released “all” the remaining undercover videos of Planned Parenthood officials shot by the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), including videos that were blocked from being released to the public by a court order. Eleven previously unseen videos have been uploaded to YouTube. The website’s founder,…

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Aspen Way Enterprises and Aaron’s Inc. lose coverage in privacy breach case

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Dissent

Yelitza V. Dunham of Winston & Strawn LLP writes: A group of Liberty Mutual insurance companies successfully obtained declaratory relief that they had no duty to defend Aspen Way Enterprises and Aaron’s Inc. from two underlying actions alleging that spyware had been installed on rent-to-own computers. One of these, the Byrd Action, was a putative class action…

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