Orin Kerr writes: The federal computer crime statutes punish unauthorized access to a computer. As regular readers know, courts are hopelessly divided on what this language means, and in particular what makes an access to a computer authorized versus unauthorized. In Cheng v. Romo, 2012 WL 6021369 (D. Mass. Nov. 28 2012), Judge Casper authored an…
IT Security Service Provider Data Defence Hacked
A Self claimed leading IT security service website has become victim to hacking after hackers from a crew going by the handle @TheCrowsCrew gained access and left the site (https://www.datadefence.com/) with a new main page. The attack has happened within the last few hours and was carried out by the crows crew member @catalyst71_RJA and it…
100 Sites defaced by @UGBrazil
Hacker collective @UGBrazil has been hacking and defacing websites all weekend with regular postings via twitter. They have just now released a complete list of all sites breached which totals 100. The hack has left the sites with a new page with the Nyan Cat style in the background and a few links to the…
AU: Medical center receives ransom demand to unlock patient files
Stephanie Bedo reports on that a medical center’s worst nightmare has occurred. From Goldcoast: A Gold Coast medical centre is being held to ransom by an international computer hacker who wants $4000 to unlock thousands of patient files. The Miami Family Medical Centre has been without the patient files for more than a week after…
#OpIsrael Attack Updates 20+ further sites hacked
If you have not heard it by now, hacktivist from all around the globe are taking sights to Israel for the recent air raids and attacks on gaza strip. The amount of sites that are being defaced are mounting up very fast with at least another 19 sites over the past few days have ended…
30 Sites taken down for #OpEgypt
Anonymous hacktivist have just taken down 30 Egyptian websites in the name of #OpEygpt. The attack was announced a short time ago on twitter by a hacktivist using the handle @AnonymousGrupo with a link to a pastebin file that contains the list of breached sites. > Mass Tango Down #OpEgypt pastebin.com/2xvWYw95 — Anonymous (@AnonymousGrupo) December 9, 2012…