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CAVIRTEX shutting down following security issues

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Dissent

Katherine Fletcher reports: Canadian Bitcoin exchange CAVIRTEX announced Tuesday that it is ceasing operations next month following a possible security breach. The Calgary-based company will cease trading on March 20 and stop processing withdrawals on March 25, reported the Georgia Straight. CAVIRTEX said that on Sunday, “we found reason to believe that an older version of…

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Beyond Stuxnet and Flame: Equation ‘most advanced’ cybercriminal gang recorded (updated)

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Dissent

Charlie Osborne reports: Kaspersky Labs has discovered the “ancestor” of Stuxnet and Flame, a threat actor which surpasses everything else in complexity and technique sophistication. On Monday at the Kaspersky Labs Security Analyst Summit, the firm unveiled research concerning the existence of a cyberattack team dubbed The Equation Group. The group, which Kaspersky Lab Global…

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The Target and Other Financial Data Breaches: Frequently Asked Questions

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Dissent

Sabrina I. Pacifici writes: The Target and Other Financial Data Breaches: Frequently Asked Questions “In November and December of 2013, cybercriminals breached the data security of Target, one of the largest U.S. retail chains, stealing the personal and financial information of millions of customers. On December 19, 2013, Target confirmed that some 40 million credit…

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Anthem says hackers had access to customer data back to 2004

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Dissent

Chad Terhune reports: Insurance giant Anthem Inc. said Thursday that hackers had access to customer data going back to 2004 as investigations continue into the massive breach. I would not take that to mean that the Anthem is not retaining data that goes back before 2004, but only that the database the hackers accessed went…

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AU: 5,000 University of Sydney students notified that hack exposed their details (Updated)

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Dissent

Tim Asimakis reports: Thousands of students were today contacted by Duncan Ivison, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and informed that, due to an an information security breach, their personal information could now be in the hands of hackers. According to the email, the University’s Information Security Team identified that the ORSEE…

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Jeb Bush probably won’t be running on a privacy platform after doxxing everyone

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Dissent

Maybe one of the qualifications for President in the Constitution should be: “Has the common sense not to expose everyone’s personal information to the world.” T.C. Sottek reports: Jeb Bush, a rumored 2016 Republican presidential candidate, just decided to publish hundreds of thousands of emails sent to him during his time as governor of Florida….

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