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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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Line 204 hacked by TheDarkOverlord

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Dissent

Line 204 in Hollywood has disclosed that they were hacked by TheDarkOverlord. The Los Angeles Business Journal reports: “All we know right now is that the group has stolen Line 204’s client database, and we’re working with the FBI now to uncover exactly what they may actually have in their possession,” a Line 204 spokeswoman…

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Terror threat as unencrypted Heathrow Airport security files found dumped in the street

Posted on October 29, 2017 by Dissent

From the holy-shit-this-is-bad dept. Dan Warburton reports that a man found a USB stick in the street and plugged it in to a library computer (well, ok, we can discuss that later), but what he found was breath-taking, and not in a good way: 174 documents with 2.5 GB of data that included: The exact…

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NY: Catholic Charities’ server hacked, possibly as early as 2015

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Dissent

Paul Nelson reports: The personal information of about 4,600 past and present clients and several employees of Catholic Charities may have been exposed after a computer server in the Glens Falls office was hacked, according to Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Albany. It sounds like the hacked server contained some medical information on the…

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Attorney: ‘White hat hacker’ tried to get Trump tax returns

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Dissent

Michael Kunzelman reports: A Louisiana private investigator accused of trying to illegally obtain Donald Trump’s tax returns says he is a benevolent “white hat hacker” who tried to test and report a security flaw in a government website. Jordan Hamlett tried to discover “out of sheer curiosity” whether Trump’s tax information could be accessed through…

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