Did a Hacker Gang Create a Botnet Out of 3 Million Electric Toothbrushes?
The answer is: No, but you’d be forgiven for having believed that was the case since a viral news story made the rounds earlier this week claiming it was so.
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The answer is: No, but you’d be forgiven for having believed that was the case since a viral news story made the rounds earlier this week claiming it was so.
TWO leaders of the Rochdale grooming gang are unlikely to be deported — 11 years after being told they would be.
Taxi drivers Qari Rauf, 54, and Adil Khan, 53, were among nine men who plied 47 girls with booze and drove them to have sex with predators.
In 2012, Khan got eight years’ jail and Rauf six.
Then-Home Secretary Theresa May ruled they should be returned to their homeland, Pakistan.
The men appealed, saying it infringed on their right to a family life.
Rauf has even claimed he should stay in the UK because he wanted to be “a role model to his son.”
TalkTV’s First Edition has found Pakistan must agree to take them back — and has yet to do so.
Former detective Maggie Oliver, who helped catch the gang, said: “It’s a disgrace.
“These men should have been deported years ago – before their citizenship was revoked.”
A Home Office spokesperson said: “The crimes committed by the Rochdale child sexual exploitation group who preyed on the young and vulnerable were truly appalling and have no place in our society.
“The Government will continue to pursue all legal options against these perpetrators and protect the victims of these appalling crimes.”
The gaang’s all grown up!
My wonderful co-hosts are both away this week, leaving the responsibility of writing the podcast post to the person least capable of doing so. I am but a humble video boy! My only job is to cut out the big “ums” from the audio mix, not writing words about the things we did a chat about! Thankfully this week Indiescovery is all about change, as we’re experimenting with a brand new format. A group review! We’ve all been playing Dredge, the eldritch fishing adventure by Black Salt Games, and hoo boy do we have some thoughts about it. Spoilers: much like Katharine, we all think it’s really really good.
Elsewhere, the review bonanza continues. Rachel’s been rewriting fiction in Storyteller, I’ve been reclaiming the wasteland in Terra Nil and Rebecca has been dating hot monsters in Romancelvania. We also chat about burgers, olives and our current hyperfixations because hey, this is an episode of Indiescovery after all.
According to the lawsuit [PDF] filed this week, here’s how one of the patients, identified as “Jane Doe” found out about the data breach — and that LVHN had stored nude images of her on its network in the first place. On March 6, LVHN VP of Compliance Mary Ann LaRock, called Doe and told her that her nude photos had been posted on the hackers’ leak site. “Ms. LaRock offered plaintiff an apology, and with a chuckle, two years of credit monitoring,” the court documents say. In addition to swiping the very sensitive photos, the crooks also made off with everything needed for identity fraud.
According to the lawsuit, LaRock also told Doe that her physical and email addresses, along with date of birth, social security number, health insurance provider, medical diagnosis and treatment information, and lab results were also likely stolen in the breach. “Given that LVHN is and was storing the sensitive information of plaintiff and the class, including nude photographs of plaintiff receiving sensitive cancer treatment, LVHN knew or should have known of the serious risk and harm that could occur from a data breach,” the lawsuit says. It claims LVHN was negligent in its duty to safeguard patients’ sensitive information, and seeks class action status for everyone whose data was exposed with monetary damages to be determined. Pennsylvania attorney Patrick Howard, who is representing Doe and the rest of the plaintiffs in the proposed class action, said he expects the number of patients affected by the breach to be in the “hundreds, if not thousands.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.