On her web site, Patricia Mullen describes herself as a “behavior intervention specialist” and a former special education teacher. According to her site, she has worked in many school districts and agencies throughout the state of Washington consulting and training. Patricia is also a national trainer having presented to hundreds of foster parents, teachers, and providers…
Month: January 2016
Databases with voter information and the “database of ruin”
DataBreaches.net recently reported on two inadequately secured MongoDB databases that exposed voters’ information. The public’s reaction to these two incidents illustrated how little the majority of the public knows about what’s in a voter registration list and how such records are viewed by states. But the incidents also raise important questions as to whether existing laws provide adequate protection…
Interxion suffers security breach, customer contact details exposed
Graham Cluley reports: European data center services giant Interxion is informing customers that it has suffered a security breach, which has seen hackers access contact information stored in its CRM about corporate clients and prospects. In an email seen by this website, and sent to affected customers this weekend, the company explained that it became…
UK’s Information Commissioner repeats call for stronger sentences for data thieves
In the wake of another ridiculously light penalty for data theft, U.K.’s Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham, has repeated his call for stronger penalties. The comments come as an employee of a car rental company was sentenced for stealing customer information that accident claims companies could use to make nuisance calls. Sindy Nagra, 42, from Hayes, sold almost 28,000…
26-year-old Turkish hacker sentenced to record 334 years in prison for ID theft, bank fraud
If you thought our federal prosecutors over-charge under the CFAA and/or seek unreasonable prison terms for hacking, read this story in the Daily Sabah: … Onur Kopçak was sentenced Sunday to 135 years in prison for stealing 11 people’s credit card information and selling it to other cyber criminals. With this new sentence approved by the…
Car Breathalyzer FIrm Gets Hacked, Internal Docs Dumped on Dark Web
Joseph Cox reports: Earlier this week, a hacker called ROR[RG], who acts as the moderator of the recently re-booted Hell hacking forum, dumped supposed internal documents of LMG Holdings, and more specifically, at least one of the companies it owns, “LifeSafer,” which describes itself on its website as “the nation’s leader in ignition interlock technology.” […] The data itself…