The General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ:MANT) a task order under its Alliant Government-Wide Acquisition Contract vehicle to provide cyber defense support to the U.S. Air Force 90th Information Operations Squadron. The award is valued at $7.1 million with a one year base period of performance and one option year. Under…
Month: November 2011
Dump of accounts from Drummusic.tv
Just a dump of accounts from drummusic.tv. Every week we start to see more and more websites having data dumped, one just maybe these websites administrators will smarten up and fix the security and patch old problems. the leak contains emails and encrypted passwords. Be sure to use CTRL+F for quick search. https://pastebin.com/GFabrg7T
A breach notice reminds us to verify that encryption is properly set up
On November 14, Virtual Radiologic Professionals (“vRad”) notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a laptop stolen from an employee’s car on October 14 contained sensitive medical and financial data. It’s a sad tale of pretty good security protocols gone bad due to human error. According to Karen Scott, the Eden Prairie firm’s Privacy…
RockYou Proposed Settlement Would Leave Decision Standing
Remember the RockYou breach that was disclosed in December 2009? It still ranks as one of the 10 biggest breaches of all time in terms of number of records involved – 32 million users’ login credentials were involved. A lawsuit over the breach created a buzz last year when it did not get dismissed out of…
Gary Vaynerchuk’s ‘Wine Library’ Hacked
Alexia Tsotsis reports: Earlier today patrons of Wine Library received an email informing them that the credit card information they had used to sign up to the WineLibrary.com site may have been compromised in a data breach. The site is the hub of NYT Best Selling Author Gary Vaynerchuk’s family business, made famous by his…
YMCA says someone stole computer with members’ data
David Ibata reports: The YMCA of Metro Atlanta has put out an alert to some members that a computer containing their financial information has been stolen, Channel 2 Action News reports. The organization would not say how many people could be at risk. One former YMCA member, Felix Ledee of Coweta County, told Channel 2 he received…