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Georgia university: FBI finds no illegal acts in data breach
CBS46 News Atlanta Officials at a Georgia university say the FBI has found no violation of federal law in a data breach. Secretary of State Brian Kemp and Kennesaw State University this month confirmed that a federal investigation was focused on the school's Center for … |
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Georgia man linked to 2014 UNI data breach charged with tax fraud
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines A Georgia man linked to a University of Northern Iowa data breach in 2014 has been charged with tax fraud in federal court. Bernard Ogie Oretekor, 45, also known as Emmanuel Libs, was charged last week with theft of government property and aggravated … Suspect charged with theft in 2014 UNI data breach Suspect Charged in University of Northern Iowa Data Breach |
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Congressman wants federal probe of Georgia data breach
Atlanta Journal Constitution Congressman wants federal probe of Georgia data breach photo. A data disk containing sensitive voter information including Social Security numbers accidentally released by the Georgia Secretary of State's Office. KENT D. JOHNSON/KDJOHNSON@AJC. |
The WireLurker malware that may have infected hundreds of thousands of Mac OS and iOS devices is exactly similar to a proof-of-concept attack Apple was warned about at the beginning of this year, according to the researcher who first publicly described such attacks.
The malware can siphon off data from iOS devices when they sync up with computers or are charged by computers via USB cables, but the potential for this type of attack can be much broader, says Tielei Wang, a researcher at Georgia Institute of Technology who presented a paper about such attacks at USENIX Security Symposium in August.
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