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Cytta Reports Online Hacking of their Nevada Secretary of State Officer and Director Data

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Dissent

Cytta Corp. (OTCQB: CYCA) wishes to report that it was the victim of an online hacking incident on October 30th, 2014 in that, unauthorized person or persons accessed the Nevada Secretary of State Corporate filing system known as “Silverflume” and surreptitiously altered the Officer and Director information contained therein.  This Corporate information is the backbone of numerous very important systems including banking, regulatory and reporting throughout the US. The unauthorized person or…

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Attackers go back to school: phishing from .edu leads to ZeuS

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Dissent

Ronnie Tokazowski  reports: On October 28th, several of our employees reported a wave of suspicious emails. The most peculiar of the bunch originated from an American university.  Analyzing the email headers revealed some interesting information: the attackers sent the phishing email from within a compromised .edu domain. Read more and see the screencaps on PhishMe. They do…

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Sources: Navy intel chief’s security clearance suspended, can’t view classified info

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Dissent

David Larter reports: The head of naval intelligence has not been able to view classified information for an entire year. Vice Adm. Ted Branch, the director of naval intelligence, had his security clearance suspended in November 2013 after being investigated for possible misconduct. In the year since, no charges have been filed and there is…

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SD: Meade School District dealing with information breach

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Dissent

Deb Holland reports: Meade School District staff hope they have corrected an internal computer error that made hundreds and maybe thousands of Social Security numbers of former students available online last week. Meade Superintendent Don Kirkegaard said Saturday the computer breach came to his attention late Thursday. “Somehow, access to our transcript server was compromised,”…

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MD: IRS employee not guilty of inadvertent disclosures

Posted on November 3, 2014 by Dissent

There’s an update on a breach first disclosed in March that involved an IRS employee who took data with home and uploaded it to his unsecured home network, where it was discovered by a security firm.  It seems that the employee had subsequently been charged criminally in the breach, but has been found not guilty. Jim McElhatton…

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Philadelphia settles lawsuit over disclosing gun permit appeals online

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Dissent

Gina Passarella reports that there has been final court approval of a settlement in a class action lawsuit that stemmed from a breach in 2012. The case was Doe v. City of Philadelphia. Read her coverage on Philly.com, and see this July 2014 press release with attached court filings.

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