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Law firm becomes victim of cryptolocker

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Dissent

Ziprick and Cramer LLP are notifying clients after some of their files were locked up by cryptoware.

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Bank of America Claims Victim “Benefited” From Identity Theft

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Dissent

From the financial-chutzpah dept.: Bank of America allegedly refuses to reverse an identity theft victim’s bank charges, claiming that she — wait for it — benefited from the withdrawn (read: stolen) funds: Van Valer said they made her feel responsible for the fraud. Initially, the bank reversed $21,000 of fraudulent charges but it refuses to…

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Hacker Admits Sabotaging Long Island Company

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Dissent

There’s a follow-up to a breach involving  Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation  first noted on this site in May, 2013. Thomas Bolger reports: A software programmer formerly from Smithtown has admitted to hacking into and sabotaging a Long Island-based company’s computer network in retaliation for being passed over for promotions three years ago. Michael Meneses…

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Three Defendants Charged with One of the Largest Reported Data Breaches in U.S. History

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Dissent

An indictment was unsealed Thursday against two Vietnamese citizens who resided in the Netherlands, for their roles in hacking email service providers throughout the United States.  The guilty plea of one of the defendants was also unsealed at the same time.  In addition, a federal grand jury returned an indictment this week against a Canadian citizen…

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OH: Four indicted in 83-count, seven-county identity fraud scheme

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Dissent

Adam Ferrise reports: Four people are accused of ripping off thousands of dollars from unsuspecting residents of seven Ohio counties through a sophisticated identity theft scheme. Ming Chun Shi, 33, and Dong Houdong, 26, both of New York City, Yu Liu, 35, of Brooklyn, New York and Wen Fei Shi, 33, of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania…

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Hacktivists claim to have accessed files from private U.S.-based defense group

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Dissent

Adam Greenberg reports: In an email sent to an SC Magazine editorial executive, a group identifying itself as CyberBerkut – reported pro-Russian hacktivists – said it had gained access to files on the mobile device of a Green Group official who “recently visited Kiev as a member of American military delegation.” Green Group is a private military company (PMC)…

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