Ryan W. Neal reports: Morgan Stanley has asked a New York federal court to throw out a class action lawsuit alleging the firm failed to properly wipe sensitive client information from decommissioned computer equipment that has since gone missing. The former clients cannot plausibly identify instances of personal data being accessed or misused, or any…
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Two members of QQAAZZ money-laundering group for cybercriminals plead guilty in Pittsburgh
Torsten Ove reports: Two Latvian members of the international money-laundering operation for cybercriminals called QQAAZZ have pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh, the U.S. attorney said Friday. Arturs Zaherevics, who was extradited to Pittsburgh from London, pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to launder money. Aleksejs Trofimovics, extradited here from Latvia, had pleaded guilty on…
Washington Hospital hires outside investigator after two electrical fires down internet, phones, medical records database
Joseph Geha reports: Two small electrical fires broke out over three days last week at Washington Hospital, temporarily leaving employees without access to critical internal systems, including an electronic medical records database, officials said. It’s unclear what caused the fires so the hospital has hired an outside company to investigate, according to Kel Kanady, community…
Ca: Prisoners at Mission Institution sue authorities over alleged privacy breach
Keith Fraser reports: A group of prisoners at Mission Institution is suing the authorities over an alleged breach of privacy that they claim posed a threat to them. The 47 prisoners say that from about April 2020 to July 2020 employees and servants of the federal medium and minimum security prison posted notices on a…
Hackers Pose as Flirty Aerobics Instructor to Target Employees
Ryan Gallagher reports: A hacking group aligned with Iran’s government has waged a years-long campaign to steal data from American defense contractors, even posting as a flirtatious aerobics instructor from the U.K. in an attempt to dupe an employee, according to cybersecurity researchers. The group, known as TA456 or Tortoiseshell, has sought out smaller subsidiaries…
UK: Years in jail for Cambridgeshire computer hacker who blackmailed victims
itv reports: A computer hacker from Linton in Cambridgeshire has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison after a number of blackmail and computer offences. Police described 20-year-old Alexander Marsh as ‘manipulative’ after he was caught harvesting personal information, including intimate images from people in Suffolk. Marsh first came to the attention…