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Companies buy stolen data from criminals to protect users

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Dissent

Sean Sposito reports on companies buying, or arranging to buy through an intermediary, stolen data on the dark web. They do it to verify whether the data are real or whether they’ve had a leak, and they generally don’t spend much – only buying a small sample of data, but the practice is controversial. Read…

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Massive breach affecting children’s info worldwide!

Posted on December 25, 2015 by Dissent

Re-posted with the permission of one of the breach notification recipients.  🙂 The following data breach notification has come into our possession. Matt Blaze       Andrea Matwyshyn —————- December 25, 2015 Dear current or former child: Our North Pole Operations Center was recently the target of a malicious cyber intrusion, which resulted in the theft of…

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Supervising Cybercrime Offenders Through Computer-Related Conditions: A Guide for Judges

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Dissent

Orin Kerr helpfully tweeted a link to a guidance for judges on restricting access to computers as a condition of probation and supervised release. Because it’s a condition that’s come up in a number of hacking-related sentences, I thought I’d post it here: Supervising Cybercrime Offenders Through Computer-Related Conditions: A Guide for Judges Stephen E. Vance…

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UK: Plymouth boy, 15, charged over global cyber-attacks

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Dissent

BBC reports: A 15-year-old British boy has been charged over cyber-attacks on international websites and bomb hoaxes against US airlines, police have said. The boy, from Plymouth, is accused of offences related to service attacks on websites in Europe, North America, Africa and Asia. Charges against him also relate to bomb hoaxes placed with North…

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Anonymous Exposes Identity of Alleged Halifax Rapist, Police Reopens The Case

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Dissent

If you’re going to publicly name and/or dox someone you suspect of sexual assault, you’d better be right, as the potential harm to them is enormous. And if you’re going to publicly name and/or dox someone you suspect of sexual assault, should it matter whether the victim has decided not to pursue the matter? Could…

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Oz railway lets newspaper photograph train keys

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Dissent

Richard Chirgwin reports: Police are now saying that yesterday’s Melbourne train-heist-and-wreck was possible because miscreants bought stolen keys online. The vandalism, the cost of which is now estimated at AU$3 million rather than the original $2 million, involved people getting into an idle train at Hurstbridge station, starting it, and taking it on a 50-metre…

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