Front Page Africa reports: In a pea (sic) appearance at Federal Court in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Gebah Kamara, a former worker at the Catholic Social Services pleaded guilty to all charges, including conspiracy to file false tax returns and theft. As prosecutors went to court armed with a mountain of evident (sic) against the Liberian…
Toward a Breach Canary for Data Brokers
It wouldn’t prevent breaches, but having data brokers incorporate dummy identities in databases (“canaries”) might make it easier to figure out when a data broker’s database has been compromised and when their stolen information goes up for sale on the underground, Brian Krebs writes. Getting Congress off the dime to do something about data brokers has…
Kaspersky drops deets on Sony hacker malware
Darren Pauli report: Kaspersky bod Kurt Baumgartner has released more details into the Sony-plundering malware and links it to attacks on Saudi Aramco and South Korea. Research conducted in the wake of the epic Sony breach last month had connected those behind the attack known as the Guardians of Peace (GOP) with the 2012 hacking of Saudi Aramco by…
Sentinel newsroom burglarized, computers stolen
The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports: Burglars broke into the Santa Cruz Sentinel office at 1800 Green Hills Road on Saturday morning and stole computer laptops. Read more here. They don’t report whether there was any confidential material or material from sources on any of the laptops, and if so, whether the data were encrypted.
When should your genetic information trump your right to privacy?
Adam Wernick reports: If you agree to participate in a genome research study, what happens if the researchers find a risky gene in your sequence? Do they have an obligation to tell you? What if you don’t want to know? And what about your family members, who might share that problematic gene with you? Do they have…
CO: Pueblo school district heightens security after an online breach
KRDO reports: Pueblo City School District 60 is increasing security after a student found a way to access other students’ accounts. The Pueblo Chieftain reports that a student demonstrated how simple it was to access other students’ accounts since the username and password are almost identical on Infinite Campus, the program students use that has…