Leonid Bershidsky reports: The $100 million lawsuit that Mondelez, the maker of Oreos and Cadbury chocolate, has brought against Zurich Insurance Group shows that governments should be more careful about identifying the would-be culprits in putative cyberwars: Such claims can have unintended consequences, and can sometimes harm businesses. […] Mondelez claimed $100 million on its…
Ca: UCP members ‘at risk for identity theft’ after laptop stolen, expert says
Lucie Edwardson reports: The United Conservative Party‘s privacy policies are being questioned after a party laptop was stolen out of an employee’s car in a parkade. The laptop contains the names, addresses and contact information of 40,000 UCP members. Experts say the language used in the memo to inform members was confusing and didn’t answer important questions….
Personal Information Taken From Tax Filing Office Found In North Texas Dumpster
CBS DFW reports: A woman in Mansfield got a call from a man who said he found her personal information in a dumpster. The documents were found in a Mansfield industrial office complex about ten miles from the Liberty Tax Alta Mesa office in Fort Worth where they were filed. The files included bank account…
“Crafty Cockney,” associate of thedarkoverlord, fighting extradition to the U.S. after being charged with hacking, extorting, U.S. medical entities in 2016
Now THIS is very big news on thedarkoverlord front: Joseph Curtis reports that Nathan Wyatt, who was jailed on fraud charges in the U.K. but has been released from prison there, is now fighting extradition to the U.S. on charges he was involved with hacking and extorting U.S. medical entities as part of thedarkoverlord. This…
Google: G Suite Now Alerts Admins to Data Exfiltration
Dark Reading staff report: Google is ramping up the G Suite with new security alerts designed to notify administrators of Gmail phishing attacks and intruders’ data exfiltration processes. Only admins are affected by the G Suite changes, which also include a new alert deletion option and a link to audit logs for G Suite Business…
ID: Teton School District could recover $484K from fraud
Jeanette Boner provides an update on a breach previously noted on this blog. Teton School District Superintendent Monte Woolstenhulme said at Monday’s meeting that he was made aware at 2:30 p.m. that afternoon from the FBI that $484,000 of the $784,000 lost to fraud will likely be recovered. In a tearful report, Woolstenhulme “deeply apologized”…