Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans TalkTalk was a company born out of the need for diversification in a market operated largely by a monopoly. In late 2002, Sir Charles Dunstone’s Carphone Warehouse bought a small telecoms business to give it access to BT’s switching network. That…
Obama nominates new OPM director after hack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans President Barack Obama has tapped a new leader for the Office of Personnel Management, the federal agency beset by questions over its handling of a massive hack on personal information earlier this year. The White House said Tuesday that Obama was…
Cab driver charged with identity theft after opening bank account with customer’s IDs
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A Springfield cab driver has been charged with identity theft after using a customer’s ID cards to open a phony bank account. The Springfield News-Leader reports (http://sgfnow.co/1HpQuyZ ) that 31-year-old Mohamed Elsaka used IDs from a wallet that a rider left…
Jill Dilliard On Being Accused Of Child Abuse After Latest Video Release With Israel
Controversies behind the Duggar family won’t seem to end, especially now that Jill Duggar-Dillard along with her husband Derrick are being accused of child abuse. It all started when Jill uploaded a video of their baby boy Israel who is only 7 months old on Instagram. The Inquisitr noticed that…
South Boston brothers charged with felony hate crime after Dorchester assault
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Two brothers have been charged with a felony hate crime after allegedly beating and urinating on a man because they believed he was an immigrant. Scott Leader, 38, and Steve Leader, 30, both of South Boston, were charged with civil rights…
Convicted child sex offender busted after scaring kids while working as ‘monster’ for haunted house in Wisconsin
It was one monster pretending to be another. A convicted child sex offender in Wisconsin brazenly entertained kids while working as a volunteer creature at a charity haunted house, authorities said. The gig was up for Andy Hawthorne, 36, earlier this month when he took off his mask to comfort…
TalkTalk hack: industry hits back after Daily Mail targets ‘gaming addict’
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The gaming industry has hit back after theDaily Mail claimed a suspect arrested in connection with the TalkTalk hack was a “violent video game addict”. The UKIE, the UK’s games industry body, told WIRED that there was “no link between addiction or…
Hinsdale man’s sentencing postponed after judge grants request for new legal counsel
A nearly hour-long hearing on the admissibility of evidence in a convicted sex offender’s sentencing proved fruitless Tuesday when the man asked for and was granted new legal counsel. Judge John C. Kissinger Jr. ruled after a closed-court session with Richard Waite, 49, of Hinsdale and Waite’s attorney Matthew E….
Mom accused of child abuse after 13-month-old boy found wandering at CVS
Laura McAllister of New Port Richey was arrested for child abuse after her 13-month old child was found alone at a nearby CVS. Police said a woman found the boy along with a dog at the CVS on US 19 around 6pm Friday. She couldn’t find any family members inside…
Lawmakers question cybersecurity after alleged CIA hack
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans There are new questions surfacing about the email habits of top government officials after reports that some teenage hackers may have broken into accounts of the heads of the CIA and Homeland Security. The self-proclaimed suspect says he represents a few…