KOMO News reports that an unnamed high school student who attends Oak Harbor High School is in trouble for disabling hundreds of email accounts throughout the Oak Harbor School District. “This individual inappropriately obtained passwords to certain accounts,” said Kellie Tormey, Oak Harbor School District. A somewhat surprising aspect to the report is a statement by an…
Month: March 2015
Data Breaches Hit Half of America: Verizon Report
David Morrison writes: Almost half of all American consumers (45%) said data security breaches have compromised their personal payment information or that of a household member, according Verizon’s 2015 PCI Compliance Report. The document suggested credit unions and other card issuers might suffer damage from card security breaches until consumers start using payment cards with embedded…
WI: John Doe target says they are the victim of identity theft
M.D. Kittle reports: Could it be a case of John Doe collateral damage? At least one target of Wisconsin’s politically charged John Doe investigation — whose home was raided and whose personal information was seized — tells Wisconsin Reporter they’re a victim of identity theft. The individual spoke on condition of anonymity because the probe comes with a strict gag order. Targets who speak…
NV: Nye County investigators uncover massive identity theft operation
Tiffany Murphy reports: Nye County Sheriff’s detectives say at least 200 people were victims of a massive identity theft scam. Detectives on Monday said it is the largest such investigation in department history. Investigators put in overtime working on Operation Super Lake, uncovering information about a burglary ring and ID theft operation. So far, deputies…
VN: Vietnamese hackers allegedly steal 50,000 accounts from local telecom giant
Tuoi Tre News reports: More than 50,000 accounts of customers of Vietnam’s state-run telecom giant VNPT were stolen and leaked on the Internet over the weekend, company spokesperson Bui Quoc Viet said Sunday. The accounts, including personal information and login credentials, belong to customers of the VNPT branch in the southern province of Soc Trang,…
Computer Hack in Kazakhstan Exposes Client Emails with Curtis
The American Lawyer reports: Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle has filed a lawsuit on behalf of its client, the Republic of Kazakhstan, after the Gmail accounts and computers of several government officials were hacked and their contents posted online, exposing communications between the officials and the firm. New York-based Curtis litigation partner Jacques Semmelman, who…