WUSA reports: Maryland’s Department of Information Technology is admitting to exposing the “Personally Identifiable Information” of hundreds of people and companies that do business with the state by accidentally publishing a list of them on a public website. Data exposed included Social Security and Tax ID numbers. Read more on WUSA.
Month: November 2015
ZA: Crystal Web suffers ADSL security breach
MyBroadband reports: Crystal Web suffered a security breach recently, after DSL subscribers’ username and password information was exposed via an online customer portal. Crystal Web CEO Shaun Kaplan said the “old DSL username and password list” was intended for admins and developers to test portal connectivity with. “This list did not contain any identifiable information of…
ShowTix4U ticket website customers warned following
Ryan Burk reports: A Nevada based online ticket sales service used heavily in Central Wisconsin says it has had a data breach, exposing some of its customers to an increased risk for credit card theft. ShowTix4U is used by several local school districts including Wausau and DC Everest to sell tickets to concerts, musicals, and…
UK: Dozens of criminals have gone to jail to keep passwords secret
Fiona Hamilton reports: Convictions of suspects who refuse to hand over their encrypted passwords have risen sixfold in four years, potentially blocking police from examining their electronic devices. The sharp increase has led to fears that criminals are opting to plead guilty to encryption offences rather than allow detectives to go through their computers and…
DHS awards two grants to help defend cars from hacking/cyberattacks
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded two grants for the development of technologies that can help defend government and privately owned vehicles from cyberattacks. “Modern vehicles are no longer purely mechanical systems,” said Dr. Dan Massey, S&T Cyber Physical Systems Security (CPSSEC) Program Manager. “Today’s vehicles have interdependent cyber components…
U.S. Senators calls for federal investigation after News 3 stories on Veterans Administration breach
Adam Schrager has more on how News 3’s investigative reporting has resulted in a response from U.S. Senators: Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) is calling for a federal investigation into how the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs handles the personally identifiable information of America’s veterans. This comes after a News 3 investigation into an instance in April…