Another follow-up to a previously reported case. Emily Miller reports: A Pompano Beach woman faces up to 32 years in prison for her participation in an identity theft fraud scheme involving personal identifying information from AT&T customer files. Monique Smith, 31, of Pompano Beach, has pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to commit…
Month: September 2014
U.S. Dept. of Energy to investigate ‘security event’ at Y-12 plant
Frank Munger reports: The U.S. Department of Energy has notified the contractor at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge that it plans to investigate a possible security breach and release of classified information. There were no details of the breach immediately available, and a plant spokesman said he couldn’t comment on the situation….
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Coursera
Jonathan Mayer writes: I’m excited to be teaching Stanford Law’s first Coursera offering this fall, on government surveillance. In preparation, I’ve been extensively poking around the platform; while I found some snazzy features, I also stumbled across a few security and privacy issues. Any teacher can dump the entire user database, including over nine million names and email addresses. If…
Overwhelmed call center number frustrates victims of CHS breach
If call center for the CHS breach is overloaded, and the company acknowledges it has been, remember that you can sign up for the free credit monitoring offer on their web site via Kroll, here. That won’t help you get answers to any questions you may have about what information of yours was involved, but…
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Class Action Suit Filed Against Home Depot For Consumer Data Security Breach (press release)
Healthcare.gov Hacked in July — DHHS Discovers Attack Only Last Week
Jillian Kay Melchior reports: Healthcare.gov was hacked in July, the Wall Street Journal reported this afternoon– but the Department of Health and Human Services learned of the attack only last week: A hacker broke into part of the HealthCare.gov insurance enrollment website in July and uploaded malicious software, according to federal officials. Investigators found no evidence that consumers’…