Kevin Roose reports: Yesterday, I reported on a spreadsheet apparently taken from Sony Pictures Entertainment, one of the largest and most powerful studios in Hollywood, by a group of hackers calling themselves Guardians of Peace. The document, which listed the names, titles, and salaries of more than 6,000 Sony Pictures employees including senior executives (and may have revealed…
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FBI alerts U.S. companies of malware following Sony breach
Maritza Santillan reports: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an alert to U.S. companies on Monday warning them of malicious software following the recent large-scale network disruption at Sony Pictures Entertainment. According to Reuters, the five-page confidential alert included details of how Sony’s attack was successfully carried out, as well as advice on how…
Target fails to end banks’ lawsuit over data breach
Jonathan Stempel reports: A federal judge on Tuesday rejected Target Corp’s bid to dismiss a lawsuit by banks seeking to recoup money they spent reimbursing fraudulent charges and issuing new credit and debit cards because of the retailer’s late 2013 data breach. U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson in St. Paul, Minnesota said Target played a…
Sony Breach May Have Exposed Employee Healthcare, Salary Data
Brian Krebs reports: The recent hacker break-in at Sony Pictures Entertainment appears to have involved the theft of far more than unreleased motion pictures: According to multiple sources, the intruders also stole more than 25 gigabytes of sensitive data on tens of thousands of Sony employees, including Social Security numbers, medical and salary information. Several files being…
German Constitutional Court Rejects the Extradition of “World’s #2 Hacker” to US
Germany’s top court won’t agree to extradite an alleged hacker to the U.S. until it is assured the hacker won’t face a “disproportionate” sentence, if convicted. The Associated Press reports that the Federal Constitutional Court overturned a lower court’s approval of Ercan Findikoglu’s extradition: It said Frankfurt’s regional court needs to obtain assurances from U.S. authorities that…
Report: FIN4 Hacker Group Targets Pharma Execs For Insider Edge On Stock Market
Angelo Young reports: A group of financially savvy computer hackers has been stealing data from more than 100 organizations, mainly targeting publicly traded health care, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, to gain insider knowledge and game the stock market. The news underscores the vulnerabilities of corporate computer networks and the many ways that cybercriminals use low-tech “social…