Barrett Brown, the self-proclaimed spokesperson for Anonymous, was indicted in Tuesday in Dallas. The newest charges against Brown relate to the use of stolen credit card and personal information from the Stratfor hack in December 2011, and this case is totally separate from other charges he faces for threatening an FBI agent. The first charge…
Month: December 2012
Unencrypted laptop stolen from Pepperdine University employee’s car contained personal info on 8,300
Whitney Irick reports: President Andrew K. Benton sent an email today informing the university community that a laptop computer belonging to an authorized university employee was stolen from that individual’s car. This laptop had been used extensively in work related to the IRS, “and it contained data dating back to 2008 involving as many as…
Yes, sometimes it’s as bad as we fear
In the process of researching something else, I stumbled across an audit of a NYS agency with the grim title, “Mobile Devices with Sensitive Information are not Secure.” By the time I got done reading and browsing other audits, I totally forgot what I was looking for in the first place, but here’s what I…
OK: Durant banks lose thousands of dollars on credit card fraud
From News12 in Oklahoma: Thursday, several banks are assuring customers their personal information is safe after more than one hundred credit and debit card numbers were stolen from five Durant banks and tens of thousands of dollars lost. Durant police have joined with the Secret Service to help investigate the crimes. So far, investigators said…
FL: Documents containing private data found on Hudson roadside
Garbage bags full of people’s personal information, such as copies of driver’s licenses and social security numbers, dumped on the side of the road. The papers appear to come from Rock Bottom Auto Sales on State Route 52. Read more on TBO.
Secret Service under investigation over loss of sensitive files on Metro
Jana Winter of Fox News reports that the Secret Service – the agency that is often involved in investigations of data breaches – had its own breach back in 2008 that is now (finally?) under investigation: The Secret Service is the target of an investigation into an “immense breach” involving the loss of two backup computer…