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MA: Leominster pays $10K in bitcoin ransom to undo cyberattack on schools

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Dissent

Paula J. Owen reports: The city paid $10,000 in bitcoin last week to cyber extortionists who infiltrated the school district’s computer systems over the April school break, according to city officials, affecting every school in the district. Mayor Dean J. Mazzarella called those who carried out the cyberattack “smart” and said they knew what they…

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Man who hacked Washtenaw County computers gets 7 years in prison

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Dissent

Detroit Free Press reports the follow-up to a story originally reported in December: A man who hijacked Washtenaw County’s computer system and even altered jail records has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison. Prosecutors say Konrads Voits has “extraordinary talents,” but he used them to “spend countless hours” trying to hack into local…

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Three former Flint cops sold personal info of crash victims, feds claim

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Dissent

Dominic Adams reports: Three former Flint police officers sold stolen police reports that included the personal information of crash victims, which eventually wound up in the hands of doctors, chiropractors and personal injury lawyers, according to a recently filed federal indictment. More than 600 internal crash reports were stolen from the Flint Police Department and…

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TIMCO Aviation Services Settles Class Action Lawsuit by Employees Over 2016 W-2 Breach

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Dissent

OK, here’s a W-2 phishing attack from 2016 that I never covered on this site but has apparently resulted in a class action lawsuit settlement. Christina Davis reports: TIMCO Aviation Services has agreed to pay more than $300,000 to settle a class action lawsuit alleging the company violated Class Members’ privacy rights by compromising tax data…

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Hackers stole his campaign cash, Sacramento lawmaker says

Posted on April 26, 2018 by Dissent

Taryn Luna reports on a hack and phish that may leave you wondering whether this was a politically motivated attack or just a garden variety attack. Luna reports the the victim is Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, whose re-election campaign account was robbed in a multi-step scheme that began with a hack of his email account…

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A Texas health commission employee was fired. Then she received the private information of more than 100 clients.

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Dissent

Marissa Evans reports: Tracy Ryans got mail — straight from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, including a box full of state assistance application forms with hundreds of people’s social security card numbers, green card certificates, billing statements, check stubs and photocopies of driver’s licenses. HHSC wasn’t supposed to have sent them. Just weeks…

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