Jilly Slattery reports: Some Surrey parents are enraged after discovering their private information and their children’s school attendance records were publicly posted online. The absentee records from Frank Hurt Secondary School were posted online in 2014, and remained there for anyone to see until recently. The list included names, phone numbers, and addresses, and some sensitive…
Two Lizard Squad/PoodleCorp Members Arrested and Charged
American and Dutch Teenagers Arrested on Criminal Charges for Allegedly Operating International Cyber-Attack-For-Hire Websites CHICAGO — Federal authorities in Chicago have charged two suspected computer hackers for allegedly operating cyber-attack-for-hire websites that launched attacks on companies and individuals around the world. ZACHARY BUCHTA, 19, of Fallston, Md., and BRADLEY JAN WILLEM VAN ROOY, 19, of…
UK: Student found guilty of hacking firm’s emails
David Parker reports: A university student has been ordered to pay more than £7,000 compensation after he hacked the emails of a garden furniture company and targeted one of its customers. Moshood Olawale Abolade, 26, of Hatchets Lane, Newark, had denied fraud by false representation. He was found guilty after a trial at Nottingham Magistrates’…
LabMD asks the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to Stay FTC’s Final Order
The FTC wouldn’t grant a stay when LabMD requested a stay of their final order, so not surprisingly, LabMD is seeking an immediate and temporary stay from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. I’ve uploaded the motion here (pdf). I think they make a strong case for a stay, but see what you think after you…
Joint DHS and ODNI Election Security Statement
DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON, DC 20511 October 07, 2016 Joint Statement from the Department of Homeland Security and Office of the Director of National Intelligence on Election Security The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US…
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority notifies patients of mailing error
UW Health announced today that it is sending letters to certain patients about a privacy incident. UW Health learned on August 3, 2016, that patient satisfaction surveys were addressed “To the parents or guardians [patient’s name]” of some adult patients and mailed between July 29, 2016, and August 2, 2016. The enclosed cover letter was…