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Sony files Motion to Dismiss class-action; argues no ID theft = no standing

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Dissent

Josh Dickey reports: No one has been the victim of identity theft in the five months since the cyber attack on Sony Pictures Entertainment exposed reams of sensitive data, so a class-action lawsuit should be dismissed, the studio argues in court documents acquired Friday by Mashable. Read more on Mashable.  

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Verifone statement on default password Z66831

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Dissent

Earlier today, DataBreaches.net asked Verifone for a comment or response to the report about an unnamed firm using the same default password for 25 years, as it was pretty easy to figure out from a Google search that an unnamed vendor was them. Gene Cyranski, Vice President of Zeno Group kindly sent this statement in response: The Verifone default…

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NJ: Tax preparer sentenced for selling clients’ personal information

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Dissent

Isaac Avilucea reports: Two-faced is the way a county prosecutor described city tax worker Lee Roberts II, who sold Mercer County residents’ personal information to a convicted felon and “known fraudster” turned cooperating witness for $200 in 2011. “He had a public face, and he had a private face,” Assistant Prosecutor James Scott said of…

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WV: School system computer network attacked by botnet; Ohio County student allegedly involved

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Dissent

Jeff Jenkins reports: A Wheeling area high school student was recently able to invade the public education computer network and slow things down including standardized testing that was happening in some counties at the time. West Virginia Department of Education Chief Technology Officer Sterling Beane said it happened last week when the student used an…

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WV: Woman sues Marshall Health for privacy breach

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Dissent

Kyla Asbury reports: A woman is suing Marshall Health after she claims an unauthorized employee accessed her daughter’s medical record multiple times. Kristi Dunlap, an employee of Marshall Health, and Michael J. McCarthy, the chief information officer of Marshall Health, also were named in Felesha Dickess’ complaint. Read more on The West Virginia Record.

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Judge sentences foreign hacker for first time ever in US

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Dissent

There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site. Jessica Masulli Reyes reports: David Pokora, 22, of Ontario, Canada, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. […] The group was responsible for stealing over $100 million worth of intellectual property from major technology companies, including Microsoft,…

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