Mike Fleming Jr. reports on Deadline|Hollywood that Sony Chief Michael Lynton has sent the following message to employees in the wake of a threatening email to employees that purports to be from the Guardians of Peace: We are understand (sic) that some our employees recently received an email containing malicious and threatening contents from an unknown sender….
IE: Teachers’ data breached on O2 web portal
Mark Tighe reports: The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has begun an investigation into a data breach affecting more than 1,000 teachers who signed up for a phone scheme offered by O2. Last week a member of the scheme, who wishes to remain anonymous, contacted The Sunday Times to express concern that O2’s web…
Ex-Wake employee charged with accessing boss’ emails
WRAL reports: The [North Carolina] State Bureau of Investigation on Friday arrested a former Wake County employee accused of accessing hundreds of emails of his one-time boss, Register of Deeds Laura Riddick.Nelish Kumar R. Tailor, 39, of Apex, was charged with 13 counts of accessing government computers. Read more on WRAL.
NY: WellCare informs Medicare subscribers of data breach
Patti Singer reports: Some personal information of a few dozen Monroe County residents who are Medicare subscribers with WellCare Health Plans recently was mishandled by a subcontractor for the insurer. In late November, WellCare sent letters to 47 people affected in Monroe County, telling them the breach did not include Social Security numbers or any…
Bank account takeovers could be thwarted by blocking Tor – Treasury report
Brian Krebs reports: A new report from the U.S. Treasury Department found that a majority of bank account takeovers by cyberthieves over the past decade might have been thwarted had affected institutions known to look for and block transactions coming through Tor, a global communications network that helps users maintain anonymity by obfuscating their true location online. Read…
Hackers mass-email Sony employees with demand
Hackers claiming to be the GOP [“Guardians of Peace”] that hacked Sony on November 24 have reportedly sent a mass email to Sony employees. The email, which has been reproduced on a number of sites, including The Verge, reportedly reads: I am the head of GOP who made you worry. Removing Sony Pictures on earth…