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Judge Refuses to Dismiss Confession, Evidence in Reuters Employee Hacking Case

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Dissent

Kim Zetter reports: A federal judge has refused to dismiss a recorded confession and computer evidence collected in the case of a former Reuters employee accused of conspiring with members of Anonymous to hack his former employer. Matthew Keys, 26, sought to throw out his confession on the grounds that he was on an antidepressant…

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Data breach involving card payment data at California Department of Motor Vehicles – Krebs (update 3)

Posted on March 22, 2014 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports that what’s already been a bad month for California residents in terms of data breaches just got worse: The California Department of Motor Vehicles appears to have suffered a wide-ranging credit card data breach involving online payments for DMV-related services, according to banks in California and elsewhere that received alerts this week about compromised cards…

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VA: Security breach leaves Richmond firefighters’ social security numbers exposed

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Dissent

WTVR reports: Though the Richmond Fire Department spokesperson believes it was a mistake, a file containing all department Social Security numbers was exposed online. A file was created that contained all department Social Security Numbers, it was a file created for users that needed access to the information, according to Lt. Robbie Hagaman. For example, if…

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Law firm notifies employees after vendor’s server accessed

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Dissent

So here’s another case where a vendor’s database was accessed by someone who was able to acquire a client’s login credentials: The international law firm of McKenna Long & Aldridge notified the Maryland Attorney General’s Office on February 26 that 441 current and former employees’ W-2  information and other information were involved:  As a result…

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Maricopa County Community College District sued to compel public records production (update 1)

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Dissent

You may not be reading much in the news recently about the breach involving Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD), but there’s a lot going on.  Unfortunately, MCCCD has reportedly not been particularly forthcoming with records that might shed light on what really happened back in 2011 when MCCCD was informed by the FBI that…

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Prosecutors Admit They Don’t Understand What Weev Did, But They’re Sure It’s Like Blowing Up A Nuclear Plant

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Dissent

Perhaps one of the stupidest things a prosecutor trying to defend criminal prosecution under CFAA can say is to admit that they have no understanding of what the alleged “hacker” did that made his conduct a hack or violation of CFAA. But that’s pretty much what happened in a Philadelphia courtroom yesterday during Weev’s appeal…

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