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Man involved with “Crackas With Attitude” sentenced to 5 years

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Dissent

A North Carolina man who conspired with others to gain unauthorized access to government computer systems and online accounts belonging to several United States government officials was sentenced today to 5 years in prison. Justin G. Liverman, aka “D3F4ULT”, 25, of Morehead City, pleaded guilty on January 6. Liverman admitted to being a member of…

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Hacked Equifax data up for sale?

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Dissent

And so it begins. By this morning, there was already one potential class-action lawsuit against Equifax that had been announced, and at least two ads offering what is alleged to be hacked Equifax data  for sale. Indeed, things haven’t been going exactly swimmingly for Equifax since it announced its mega-breach that may impact up to…

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Update on case involving VT workers’ information being phished

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Dissent

Mike Donoghue reports a follow-up to a January 2016 phishing incident previously noted on this site: Two Nigerians, indicted in Vermont on federal charges of conspiracy to file fraudulent tax returns, stole personal identification information from hundreds of Vermont state employees and other government workers, a prosecutor said Wednesday in U.S. District Court. Assistant U.S….

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Community Memorial Health System in Ventura suffers data security breach

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Dissent

Robert Shutt reports: The Community Memorial Health System in Ventura has sent out a notice regarding a data security breach involving patient information. A CMHS employee’s email account was compromised by a phishing email and on June 23 the employee saw irregularities in their account and notified the CMHA administration. Read more on Pacific Coast Business…

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No charges in probe into leaked info to Thug Life website

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Dissent

AP reports from Charleston: An investigation into a website that leaked the name of a juvenile charged in a killing along with other confidential police information has ended without any charges filed, according to the State Law Enforcement Division. The probe into the Thug Life website that criticized criminals and prosecutors who the site thought…

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Thousands of Security Firm Job Applications Citing Top Secret US Government Work Exposed on Misconfigured Amazon Server

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Dissent

Dell Cameron reports: Thousands of files containing the personal information and expertise of Americans with classified and up to Top Secret security clearances have been exposed by an unsecured Amazon server, potentially for most of the year. The files have been traced back to TigerSwan, a North Carolina-based private security firm. But in a statement…

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