Matthew Goldstein reports: A private investigator who has done work for small New York City law firms that specialize in personal injury and medical malpractice litigation pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court in Manhattan to one charge of conspiracy in hiring a hacker to help with his investigation. The guilty plea, by Eric Saldarriaga,…
Three Defendants Charged with One of the Largest Reported Data Breaches in U.S. History
An indictment was unsealed Thursday against two Vietnamese citizens who resided in the Netherlands, for their roles in hacking email service providers throughout the United States. The guilty plea of one of the defendants was also unsealed at the same time. In addition, a federal grand jury returned an indictment this week against a Canadian citizen…
UK Arrests 56 People For Data Theft, Hacking Attacks On Yahoo, DoD, PlayStation Networks
Sneha Shankar reports: U.K.’s National Crime Agency (NCA) conducted 56 arrests in an effort to nab hackers during a “strike week” in the country. Officials conducted 25 different operations and those arrested were suspected of cybercrimes like data theft, fraud and virus writing, the BBC reported. The raids were coordinated by NCA’S National Cyber Crime…
OH: Four indicted in 83-count, seven-county identity fraud scheme
Adam Ferrise reports: Four people are accused of ripping off thousands of dollars from unsuspecting residents of seven Ohio counties through a sophisticated identity theft scheme. Ming Chun Shi, 33, and Dong Houdong, 26, both of New York City, Yu Liu, 35, of Brooklyn, New York and Wen Fei Shi, 33, of Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania…
Hacktivists claim to have accessed files from private U.S.-based defense group
Adam Greenberg reports: In an email sent to an SC Magazine editorial executive, a group identifying itself as CyberBerkut – reported pro-Russian hacktivists – said it had gained access to files on the mobile device of a Green Group official who “recently visited Kiev as a member of American military delegation.” Green Group is a private military company (PMC)…
UK: Harrodian School pupils’ personal data shared online in “serious breach” of data protection
Laura Proto reports: The personal details of students at a fee-paying independent school have been shared online in a “serious breach” of data protection that could fall foul of the law. The Information Commissioner’s Office is investigating after unique pupil numbers (UPN), full names, year groups and houses of 62 students at Harrodian School, which…