As expected: Marcel Lehel Lazar, 44, of Arad, Romania, a hacker who used the online moniker “Guccifer,” pleaded guilty today to unauthorized access to a protected computer and aggravated identity theft. In a statement of facts filed with his plea agreement, Lazar admitted that from at least October 2012 to January 2014, he intentionally gained…
Uber Says New York Can’t Be Trusted With Its Data
A FOIA request has set off another dispute between Uber and the NYS Attorney General’s Office, it seems. Marlene Kennedy reports: Uber has gone to court to ensure confidentiality over records it provided for New York’s investigation of how the ride-sharing service secures data. New York began collecting the information two years ago after media…
Austrian Firm Fires CEO After $56-million Business Email Compromise Scam
AFP reports: Austrian aircraft parts maker FACC said Wednesday that it has fired its chief executive of 17 years after cyber criminals stole some 50 million euros ($55.7 million) in a so-called “fake president” scam. FACC, whose customers include Airbus, Boeing and Rolls-Royce, said that the its supervisory board sacked Walter Stephan with immediate effect after he…
UK man charged over attack on Mumsnet
There’s been an arrest in the attacks on parenting site Mumsnet. Charlie Osborne reports: A British man has been charged in connection to a cyberattack against Mumsnet which knocked the popular parenting website offline. Mumsnet experienced a data breach earlier this year when a hacker broke into the website’s servers and exploited administration privileges to redirect…
Probable security breach may have compromised thousands of Lewis Palmer students’ data
Sherrie Pief reports: Lewis-Palmer School District 38 officials are mum about the probability that a security breach related to its Infinite Campus platform may have compromised more than 2,000 students’ personal information. Infinite Campus is a software program that stores personal and academic information about students in the district. But wait… the district has known…
In: Raids by Agra drug enforcement dept fail due to leak of information
Anuja Jaiswal reports: An apparent leak from the Food Safety and Drug Department, Agra, resulted in a series of failed raids by it’s Enforcement wing on Tuesday afternoon, as six medical stores in the city, suspected to be selling flavoured “tincture”, which has 90 per cent alcohol content, as a cheap liquor alternative to alcoholics, were…