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SCOOP: Australian national known as “DR32” to stand trial in U.S. on hacking charges

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Dissent

Australia has ordered an Australian national, David Kee Crees, extradited to the U.S., where he faces 22 counts involving hacking, fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Two of Crees’ better-known aliases were “Abdilo” and “DR32.” “Abdilo” DataBreaches started reporting on Crees in 2015 when he was known to this site as “Abdilo.”  At the time, he…

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Hacker breaches Fast Company systems to send offensive Apple News notifications

Posted on September 28, 2022 by Dissent

Carly Page reports: U.S. business publication Fast Company has confirmed that a hacker breached its internal systems to send offensive push notifications to Apple News users.  In a statement, Fast Company said that a threat actor breached the company’s content management system (CMS) on Tuesday, giving them access to the publication’s Apple News account. Read more at TechCrunch.

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Denver suburb won’t cough up millions in ransomware attack that closed city hall

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Dissent

John Aguilar reports: The demand was big: $5 million to unlock Wheat Ridge’s municipal data and computer systems seized by a shadowy overseas ransomware operation. The response was defiant: We’ll keep our money and fix the mess you made ourselves. Read more at The Denver Post.

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GA: Former Dalton police officer sentenced to five years on probation for computer invasion of privacy and violating oath of office

Posted on September 24, 2022 by Dissent

Charles Oliver reports on an insider-wrongdoing case that was taken seriously: A former Dalton Police Department officer has been sentenced to five years on probation after pleading guilty to computer invasion of privacy and violation of oath by a public officer, according to District Attorney Bert Poston. Trevin Dane Stover of Resaca must also pay…

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Hackers steal South Carolina fire department’s paychecks

Posted on September 23, 2022 by Dissent

Bethany Fowler reports: Hackers allegedly stole over $8,000 in paychecks following an email hack from an Upstate fire department. According to the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to the Reidville Fire Department located at 3380 Hwy 417 on a report of fraud/payroll theft. Read more at News2.

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Morgan Stanley to pay $35 million fee for ‘astonishing’ customer data disposal practices

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Dissent

Jonathan Greig reports: Morgan Stanley will pay a $35 million penalty to settle charges from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for wide-ranging failures around properly disposing of hard drives and servers containing the personal information of some 15 million customers. The company did not respond to requests for comment, but the SEC said in…

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