Former Silk Road Task Force Agent Sentenced to 78 Months in Prison for Extortion, Money Laundering, and Obstruction Ex-DEA Agent Used Undercover Status to Pocket More than $700,000 in Bitcoin, Strike Movie Deal with Twentieth Century Fox SAN FRANCISCO –Carl M. Force was sentenced to 78 months in prison today for extortion, money laundering, and obstruction…
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U.S. judge dismisses Uber driver lawsuit over data breach
Dan Levine reports: A U.S. judge dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit filed by an Uber driver against the ride service over a data breach disclosed by the company, according to a ruling on Monday. In February, Uber revealed that as many as 50,000 of its drivers’ names and license numbers had been improperly downloaded….
Years of poor network security at State predated a hack linked to Russia
Ken Dilanian of AP reports: The State Department was among the worst agencies in the federal government at protecting its computer networks while Hillary Rodham Clinton was secretary from 2009 to 2013, a situation that continued to deteriorate as John Kerry took office and Russian hackers breached the department’s email system, according to independent audits…
Teen claims he hacked CIA director’s AOL account, posts contact list and files online (Update1)
From the yeah-this-probably-needs-to-be-investigated dept.: Hillary Rodham Clinton’s e-mail scandal didn’t stop the head of the CIA from using his own personal AOL account to stash work-related documents, according to a stoner high-school student who claims to have hacked into them. CIA Director John Brennan’s private account held sensitive files — including his 47-page application for top-secret…
NC: DHHS reveals potential Medicaid data breach
WRAL reports that North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services is notifying 1,615 Medicaid patients that a breach of security protocol may have compromised their confidential health information. The breach occurred Aug. 19, when an email with an attached spreadsheet was emailed without encryption to the Granville County Health Department. Although the email was…
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Says Hack Linked to China
James Eng reports: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a private, nonprofit facility that does scientific research on the world’s oceans, says it was the target of an “aggressive” cyberattack it believes to have originated in China. The hackers gained access to Woods Hole data and email, WHOI President and Director Mark Abbott told staff in a…