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Hacker Charged with Breaching Multiple Government Computers and Stealing Thousands of Employee and Financial Records

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Dissent

Lauri Love, 29, of Stradishall, England, was indicted yesterday by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia on charges of conspiracy, causing damage to a protected computer, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft. According to the indictment, beginning around October 2012, Love and his conspirators accessed without authorization protected computers belonging…

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Former University of Nebraska student sentenced for computer fraud

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Dissent

Ryan Murphy reports that a former University of Nebraska-Lincoln student who pleaded guilty to large security breach in 2012 affecting the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska State College System has been sentenced to prison: 23-year-old Daniel Stratman of Omaha received 6 months in prison on one count of Fraud and Related Activity in Connection…

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Extending Cybersecurity Breach Notice Requirements to Intelligence Community Contractors

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Dissent

David Fagan, Susan Cassidy, and Catlin Meade write: As an indicator of the continuing focus of government authorities on cybersecurity breaches and potential notification requirements, certain contractors for the federal government may soon face new rapid reporting requirements for successful network penetrations.  Specifically, President Obama signed the 2014 Intelligence Authorization Act (“2014 IAA”) into law on July…

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eBay faces class action suit over data breach

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Dissent

John Ribeiro reports that a potential class action lawsuit has been filed against eBay in the wake of its disclosure of a breach: The consumer privacy class action lawsuit, filed Wednesday by Collin Green, a citizen of the state of Louisiana, alleged that the security breach was the result of eBay’s inadequate security in regard…

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OK: Payne County treasurer’s office tosses sensitive documents in dumpster

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Dissent

Paige Hill reports that the Payne County assessor’s office noticed a dumpster full of documents and files with personal information including social security numbers – but before anything could be done, a dump truck hauled all the papers away. County Assessor James Cowan says he noticed documents that date from the 1980′s to 2008. Read more on…

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Board OKs pact to protect U. Maryland security breach victims

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Dissent

Michael Dresser reports: The state Board of Public Works approved a contract worth an estimated $2.6 million Wednesday for a firm to monitor the credit activity of an estimated 300,000 people whose personal information was exposed as a result of a computer security breach discovered at the University of Maryland early this year. The board…

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