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Shafer’s attorney appeals revocation of his pretrial release

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Dissent

Attorneys for Justin Shafer have appealed the revocation of his pretrial release. As regular readers of this site likely know already, Shafer has been in jail since April on charges of cyberstalking an FBI agent and the agent’s family. Those cyberstalking charges have nothing to do with three FBI raids conducted on Shafer prior to…

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Staunton medical practice reports patient data breach after employee wrong-doing

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Dissent

Gabe Cavallaro reports: Valley Family Medicine (VFM) in Staunton announced Friday that there was a breach of protected health information for some of its patients in mid-July. Two employees printed and misused a mailing list of 8,450 patient names and addresses. One of those employees then used that list to make postcard notifications informing certain…

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Former University of Iowa Student Appears on Computer Fraud Charges

Posted on November 4, 2017 by Dissent

DAVENPORT, Iowa – On November 2, 2017, Trevor Graves, 19, a former University of Iowa student, appeared in federal court in front of United States Magistrate Judge Stephen B. Jackson, Jr., on a complaint charging from March of 2015 to November of 2016, Graves exceeded authorized access, knowingly caused the transmission of a code and…

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U.S. Prosecutors Consider Charging Russian Officials in DNC Hacking Case

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Dissent

Aruna Viswanatha and Del Quentin Wilber report: The Justice Department has identified more than six members of the Russian government involved in hacking the Democratic National Committee’s computers and swiping sensitive information that became public during the 2016 presidential election, according to people familiar with the investigation. Read more on The Wall Street Journal.

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“We’ve maintained access to Line 204’s network for a year” – TheDarkOverlord

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Dissent

First it was Larson Studios. Then an attempt to extort its clients, like Netflix. And now it’s Line 204. Lest there be any doubt, TheDarkOverlord wants you to know it is serious about attacking Hollywood “with prejudice.” And despite what Line 204’s owner claimed, the hack on Line 204 was not last week. It occurred…

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Hilton pays $700,000 to settle late notification and PCI DSS noncompliance charges by NY and VT over data breaches

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Dissent

From the NYS Attorney General’s Office, yesterday: Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a $700,000 settlement with Hilton Domestic Operating Company, Inc., formerly known as Hilton Worldwide, Inc. (“Hilton”), after data security incidents exposed over 350,000 credit card numbers in two separate breaches in 2015. Attorney General Schneiderman’s investigation, conducted in collaboration with the…

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