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Anthem Breach Victims Go To Court Over Cybersecurity Audit Release

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Dissent

Dark Reading reports: Victims of a data breach at health insurer Anthem in February 2015 have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company and are seeking details of an audit by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Anthem’s network security, Modern Healthcare reports. In the cyberattack, hackers compromised personal details of around 80…

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Assemblywoman’s Orange County campaign office burglarized; voter data stolen

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Dissent

AP reports: Thirty tablets and a laptop computer were stolen over the weekend from the Orange County campaign office of Republican Assemblywoman Young Kim, a spokesman said Monday. […] The tablets were used for neighborhood canvassing and contained private information about voters, though thieves would need a password to access it, Gilliard said. Read more…

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Microsoft Says Russian Hackers Exploited Flaw in Windows

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Dissent

Jay Greene and Robert McMillan report: The hackers believed responsible for breaking into computers at the Democratic National Committee have exploited previously undisclosed flaws in Microsoft Corp.’s Windows operating system and Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash software, Microsoft said Tuesday. It is unclear if those hackers, reportedly tied to Russia, used the newly disclosed vulnerabilities to hack into the…

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NullCrew member sentenced to 45 months (update1)

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Dissent

Jason Meisner reports: A Tennessee man was sentenced Tuesday in Chicago’s federal court to nearly four years in prison for his role in a notorious group of cybercriminals responsible for a destructive hacking spree on dozens of businesses, nonprofits and government entities. Dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit and wearing thick, black-rimmed eyeglasses, Timothy Justen…

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Duluth phishing attack may have exposed voters’ private data

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Dissent

Peter Passi reports: More than 55,000 Duluth residents will receive letters in the next few days informing them that voter registration lists and other personal information may have been exposed as a result of an email phishing expedition at city hall. The scam hit the Duluth city clerk’s office, where an email account was compromised….

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600,000 OPM data breach victims need to re-enroll in credit monitoring services

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Dissent

Nicole Orgrysko reports: Victims of the Office of Personnel Management’s cyber breach who enrolled in credit monitoring services with Winvale/CSID about 18 months ago will soon have to re-enroll for the same services with a new vendor. OPM will soon mail notification letters to roughly 600,000 people, whose coverage under Winvale expires Dec. 1, 2016, a…

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