Luke Wilusz reports: A former U.S. Air Force member was sentenced to four years in prison this week for stealing and distributing personal information from other service members. A federal jury found 28-year-old Ronnie Allen II guilty earlier this year of two counts each of of identity theft, aggravated identity theft and access device fraud,…
Month: August 2017
UCLA server targeted in attack held data on 32,000 students
Jacob Preal reports: A cyberattack on a UCLA administration server potentially breached the personal information of about 32,000 students earlier this week, UCLA officials said. On Monday, UCLA reported an alleged May 18 cyberattack on a Summer Sessions and International Education Office server. The server contained the personal information of thousands of students, according to…
Nigerian charged in W-2 phishing attacks on school districts in Connecticut and Minnesota
A Nigerian man has been arrested for his alleged role in W-2 phishing attacks on school districts that resulted in tax refund fraud. On Friday, the U.S. Attorney for Connecticut issued the following press release: Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Patricia M. Ferrick, Special Agent in Charge of the…
FL: GPAs mistakenly sent to parents, students
David Williams reports: Thousands of students at a Seminole County high school had private information leaked in an text alert, according to a spokesperson for for school district. The GPAs of more than 4,100 current and former students were exposed by an athletic coach. Seminole County Public Schools says on July 27, the athletic director…
AU: Sensitive details of vulnerable children in care released in department bungle
Nino Bucci reports: The personal details of children in care, including whether they were sexually active, was accidentally sent to the mother of one of the children in a troubling information breach. A spreadsheet was emailed to the mother outlining the name, birthdate, location, and specific concerns and alerts relating to all children in the…
Not exactly the best-laid plan….
Spoiler alert: so this probably wasn’t the best-planned crime. The New Indian Express reported this in July: In a case of corporate espionage, a computer engineer’s bid to sell his employer’s data to a company, which he thought was a competitor, fell flat when the recipient discovered the two firms are in fact partners, and…