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

Security Affairs

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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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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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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Supreme Court Limits Hacking Law in Landmark Case

SecureWorld News

Van Buren, a former Georgia police sergeant who searched a license plate database for an acquaintance in exchange for bribes, had been prosecuted on two counts: one for accepting a kickback for accessing the database as a serving police officer, and another for violating the CFAA. He has now been cleared on both counts.

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Supreme Court Limits Hacking Law in Landmark Case

SecureWorld News

Van Buren, a former Georgia police sergeant who searched a license plate database for an acquaintance in exchange for bribes, had been prosecuted on two counts: one for accepting a kickback for accessing the database as a serving police officer, and another for violating the CFAA. He has now been cleared on both counts.

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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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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.”