NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Peter G. Strasser announced that CARLOS DAVID IRIAS, age 47, a resident of Cutler Bay, Florida, was sentenced to two (2) years probation by United States District Judge Eldon E. Fallon after previously pleading guilty to a one-count bill of information charging him with intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization…
Privacy nightmare for Toledo Public Schools: Hackers dumped student and employee data
By mid-September, it was clear that school districts were under increased threat of ransomware attacks. In fact, when Clark County School District (CCSD) in Las Vegas and Fairfax County Public Schools (CFPS) in Virginia were added to the Maze cartel’s leak site, it seemed to portend potentially big data dumps. Since that dump, Maze dumped…
Twitter hackers trick employees by posing as IT workers, NY probe finds
Noah Manskar reports: A simple phone scam was the key first step in a Twitter hack that took over dozens of high-profile accounts this summer, New York regulators say. The hackers responsible for the July 15 attack called Twitter employees posing as company IT workers and tricked them into giving up their login credentials for the social network’s internal tools, the state’s Department of…
Dr Richard Freeman admits losing rider blood data from a third computer
Alex Balinger reports: Dr Richard Freeman has admitted losing rider blood data from a third laptop, this time after the UCI requested information about riders from the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France in 2011. Freeman is currently facing a medical tribunal, which is assessing his fitness to practice medicine after allegations he ordered testosterone with the intention of…
Barnes & Noble hit by cyberattack that exposed customer data
Lawrence Abrams reports: U.S. Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed that they were victims of a cyberattack that may have exposed customers’ data. […] In an email sent to customers late Wednesday night and seen by BleepingComputer, Barnes & Noble has disclosed that they suffered a cyberattack on October 10th, 2020. As part of…
Online proctor service ProctorTrack disables service after hack
Lawrence Abrams reports: With many schools and colleges performing remote learning, including tests, online proctoring services are increasingly being used to prevent students from cheating. ProctorTrack is one such solution by Verificient that is used by numerous universities, including Rutgers, University of Western Ontario, Ohio University, Illinois State University, Purdue University, and MIT. Starting yesterday, students began receiving…