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Quebec court rules in lost personal data case: no fraud, no theft, no class action

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Dissent

Prachi Shah of Clyde & Co. provides an update on litigation stemming from a lost device case previously noted on this blog: Paul Sofio v. OCRCVM (IIROC), 2014 QCCS 4061 (under appeal) – The Quebec Superior Court refuses to authorize a class action where the  loss of personal data did not result in fraud or identity…

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Pirate Bay founder guilty of hacking CSC; largest hacking case in Danish history

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Dissent

The Local reports: The largest hacking case in Danish history has ended with guilty verdicts for Pirate Bay co-founder Gottrid Svartholm Warg and his 21-year-old Danish co-defendant ‘JLT’. Warg, the Swedish co-founder of Pirate Bay, was found guilty of hacking into the mainframe of IT giant CSC between February and August of 2012. JLT was…

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Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Releases Data Breach Report; 18.5 Million Californians’ Personal Information Put at Risk

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Dissent

From California’s Attorney General: LOS ANGELES – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today released the second annual report detailing the 167 data breaches reported to the Attorney General’s office in 2013 that impacted18.5 million Californians by putting their personal information at risk. The report is accompanied by recommendations from the Attorney General for consumers, businesses…

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Feds identify suspected ‘second leaker’ for Snowden reporters

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Dissent

Michael Isikoff reports: The FBI has identified an employee of a federal contracting firm suspected of being the so-called “second leaker” who turned over sensitive documents about the U.S. government’s terrorist watch list to a journalist closely associated with ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden, according to law enforcement and intelligence sources who have been briefed on the…

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Researchers identify sophisticated Chinese cyberespionage group

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Dissent

Ellen Nakashima reports: A coalition of security researchers has identified a Chinese cyberespionage group that appears to be the most sophisticated of any publicly known Chinese hacker unit and targets not only U.S. and Western government agencies but also dissidents inside and outside China. News of the state-sponsored hacker group dubbed Axiom comes a week…

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RBS WorldPay Hacker Sentenced to 11 years, 3 months in prison + $8.4M restitution

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Dissent

Sergei Nicolaevich Tšurikov has been sentenced to eleven years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and computer intrusion for his involvement in an elaborate scheme which stole over $9.4 million from a credit card processor. “A leader of one of the most sophisticated cybercrime rings in the world has been brought to justice…

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