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Saudi Aramco Facing $50M Cyber Extortion Over Leaked Data

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant acknowledged Wednesday that leaked data from the company — files now apparently being used in a cyber-extortion attempt involving a $50 million ransom demand — likely came from one …

Texas Man Sentenced to 58 Months in Prison for Stolen Credit Card Numbers

A Texas man who stole more than a thousand credit and debit card numbers was sentenced today to 58 months in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas said Tuesday. Odis Edwards, 40, of Lewisville, …

Yahoo Password Breach Equivalent to Ecological Disaster

As investors and investigators weigh the damage of Yahoo’s massive breach to the internet icon, information security experts worry that the record-breaking haul of password data could be used to open locks up and down the web. While it’s unknown …