Darren Paul reports on another hack revealed last week: Usernames, passwords, and coordinates stolen in data haul. Hackers have broken into the German Federal Police and swiped location data used to track suspects. The attack launched by the left-wing n0-N4m3 Cr3w hacking group compromised a server used by the country’s customs service. It then published…
Month: July 2011
TX: Lumberton ISD employee’s laptop computer stolen
A stolen laptop in Hardin County is causing some concern. Lumberton Independent School District spokesperson Kathryne Colligan tells 12 News HD an employee’s laptop was taken from a car last week prompting the district to send out a notice to employees and students. Colligan says although the district does not believe sensitive information was on…
MI: LCC Customers At Risk After Security Breach (updated)
A small news item seen on WILX (typos in the original): A heads-up for LCC dental and vision plan customers—- check your bank records— there’s a possibility hackers may have your personal information. The possibility security breach with Assurecar Risk Management also affects former participants and family members who were on the plan. Hackers were not…
(follow-up) St. Louis man sentenced for stealing credit card numbers
Following up on a breach reported previously on this blog, a man who recruited a waitress at f Amarillo Tex’s Steak House in Alton to skim card information has been sentenced for his part in the scheme. The Telegraph reports: Miltiano Trevaris Johnson, 31, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis, where…
CO: City employee loses job over Memorial records breach
Barbara Cotter reports on a breach at Colorado Springs Hospital – Memorial Health System: A Colorado Springs city employee has lost her job for allegedly accessing the records of 2,500 Memorial Hospital patients without cause, and a police investigation is under way, officials reported Monday. Lori Niell, a nurse with the city’s occupational health clinic,…
Stevens Institute of Technology hacked; user data dumped
Another hack by #AntiSec, this time the New Jersey-based Stevens Institute of Technology. 31 first and last names, usernames, passwords (plaintext!) and email addresses exposed on Pastebinon July 7. And in many cases, the passwords are identical to the simple usernames. Not good. I emailed Stevens over the weekend to ask them about the breach…