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Hunters International ransomware gang claims to have hacked the Fred Hutch Cancer Center

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The threats were sent to a number of former and current Fred Hutch patients — as well as some who have received care from Hutch partner UW Medicine — and claimed the names, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, medical history, lab results and insurance history of more than 800,000 patients had been compromised.” ” Robert M.

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Uber Guilty Verdict Raises Security Stakes for CSOs

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In a case that ups the stakes for CSOs dealing with data breaches, former Uber chief security officer Joe Sullivan was found guilty by a federal jury earlier this week of obstructing justice and of misprision (concealing) of a felony in connection with his coverup of a 2016 breach. FBI Special Agent in Charge Robert K.

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Mirai Co-Author Gets 6 Months Confinement, $8.6M in Fines for Rutgers Attacks

Krebs on Security

The convicted co-author of the highly disruptive Mirai botnet malware strain has been sentenced to 2,500 hours of community service, six months home confinement, and ordered to pay $8.6 million in restitution for repeatedly using Mirai to take down Internet services at Rutgers University , his former alma mater.

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Spam Kingpin Peter Levashov Gets Time Served

Krebs on Security

Microsoft, which has battled to scrub botnets like Rustock off of millions of PCs, later offered a still-unclaimed $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the Rustock author. The plea agreement Levashov approved in 2018 gave Judge Robert Chatigny broad latitude to impose a harsh prison sentence.

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Hacker who disrupted Sony gaming gets a 27-months jail sentence

Security Affairs

“The defendant, who is free on bond, was ordered to surrender to authorities on August 23 to begin his sentence.” Attorney Robert Brewer. “We The defendant was also ordered to pay $95,000 in restitution to one of the victims – Daybreak Games, formerly Sony Online Entertainment.” ” concludes the DoJ.

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U.S. DoJ charges 9 individuals that stole $2.5M through SIM swapping

Security Affairs

DoJ announced charges against nine individuals, 6 members of a hacking group known as ‘The Community’ and 3 former employees of mobile phone providers. “In addition, a criminal complaint was unsealed charging three former employees of mobile phone providers with wire fraud in relation to the conspiracy.”

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The First Post 9/11 Phone-In: Richard Hake Sitting-in For Brian Lehrer

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Richard spoke with New York Times columnist Paul Krugman on airport security, author James Fallows on the airline industry, Robert Roach Jr. of the International Association of Machinists, and security expert and former New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton as well as WNYC listeners.