Michael Riley , Jordan Robertson , and Anita Sharpe report: In the corridors and break rooms of Equifax Inc.’s giant Atlanta headquarters, employees used to joke that their enormously successful credit reporting company was just one hack away from bankruptcy. They weren’t being disparaging, just darkly honest: Founded in the 19th century as a retail…
Month: September 2017
Some NC A&T students’ personal information leaked in ‘security incident’
Nick Sturdivant and Carly Hildyard report: The personal information of 1,581 students at North Carolina A&T State University was leaked following a “data security incident.” It happened on Tuesday when a faculty member within the College of Business and Economics accidentally emailed a file containing personal information to a group of students. Read more on…
IH employee records stolen
Colin Dacre reports: Interior Health says the personal information of about 500 current and former employees has been compromised due to a data breach connected to two arrests in the Lower Mainland. The organization has enlisted external security and privacy experts to investigate the situation. Read more on Castanet.
Malware attacks San Ysidro School District, demands $19K ransom
Leonardo Castañeda reports: Malware infected computers at a local school district this month, deleting emails and forcing the district to temporarily shut down part of its systems. The San Ysidro School District became a local victim of malware attacks that have hit school districts from Maryland to Montana this year. The cyber attack, known as ransomware,…
OR: Lawsuit alleges ex-principal accessed private information
A. J. Kato reports: Former Seven Peaks School principal Megan Martin is being sued by the school for allegedly downloading private documents about students and staff. In court papers filed Friday, the school alleges Martin “improperly and without authorization downloaded thousands of the School’s electronically stored files… (containing) highly sensitive student and parent information.” The…
New Jersey Man Charged in Hacking and Illegal Wiretapping Scheme
Sept. 28 – A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man was arrested today for alleged computer hacking and wiretapping of his former company’s email server, Acting U.S. Attorney William E. Fitzpatrick announced. Jian Yang Zhang, a/k/a “Kevin Zhang,” 37, of Edison, New Jersey, is charged complaint (sic) with one count of unauthorized access of a protected computer…