Jay Weaver reports: Caleb Fadet, who grew up in a working-class family in North Miami, seemed to be making all the right moves to get ahead in life. He graduated with a criminal justice degree from Florida A&M, volunteered as a tutor in the federal AmeriCorps program and earned a scholarship to pursue a vocational…
ISIS hackers take over local healthcare website; company tries to assure patients their info is safe
James Ford reports: It’s a hazard that could affect anyone with an internet connection, and it comes courtesy of the terrorist group ISIS. Hundreds of people in the tri-state who logged on to their healthcare provider’s website Thursday night and Friday got a very unhealthy shock. An ISIS-supporting group had hacked in, leaving many people…
FL: Broward sheriff’s employee and Palmetto General Hospital employee among those indicted in fraud case (updated)
Erika Pesantes reports: A Broward sheriff’s community service aide is part of a group accused of stealing people’s identities and filing fraudulent federal tax returns on their behalf to rake in cash. Celia Cromer, 42, who was assigned to the regional traffic unit as a breath-alcohol technician in sheriff’s DUI cases, has been indicted on…
High schooler allegedly hired third party to DDoS his school district
See? This is what happens when you don’t teach students how to hack. They have to hire someone. Lisa Vaas reports: A 17-year-old high school boy may face state and federal charges for allegedly having paid a third party to launch a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that crippled the West Ada school district…
U.S. House panel issues subpoena to Fed over 2012 information leak
Michael Flaherty and Emily Stephenson of Reuters report: The chairman of a U.S. congressional committee on Thursday subpoenaed Federal Reserve documents and communications related to a 2012 leak of monetary policy information, ramping up his attack of the central bank’s handling of the case. Jeb Hensarling, a Republican of Texas who chairs the U.S. House…
Research group says UC Browser, owned by Alibaba, found to leak data
John Ruwitch reports: A popular mobile web browser from a company that Alibaba Group Holding Ltd paid more than $1 billion for last year leaks sensitive user data and is a privacy risk, a Canadian technology research group said on Thursday. Citizen Lab said Chinese and English-language versions of UC Browser, developed by UCWeb Inc.,…