Students and staff at USC are being advised to check their credit card statements for unauthorized charges after a security breach was discovered at some campus food outlets, including dining halls and a Starbucks. A letter was posted on the university’s website Thursday detailing the recently identified security breach affecting credit card purchases made at…
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TN: Montgomery County Schools ‘turn the corner’ after hacking
Adam Tamburin reports: The school system is set to spend $167,000 so far to respond to a security breach that resulted in the release of Social Security numbers belonging to past and present students and employees. That money has been split between $87,000 for software and hardware and $80,000 for experts’ analysis of the breached…
Islamic hackers post hundreds of Israeli email addresses and passwords
Oded Yaron reports: Islamic hackers on Sunday revealed hundreds of Israeli email addresses and their passwords on the website of Anonymous Arab. According to Avnet Security Systems, most of the addresses and passwords listed are active accounts. Roni Bachar, the manager of the cyber-attack department at Avnet, said in a statement, “There was apparently penetration…
ThePartsBin.com notifies customers of breach
ThePartsBin.com (U.S. Auto Parts Network, Inc) notified California of a breach that compromised customers’ credit card information. According to their notification, the breach occurred between April 9, 2012, and June 12, 2012.
MN: Roseville police probe suspected ID theft at Rosedale restaurant
Emily Gumon reports: Roseville police are investigating what they believe to be an identity theft and credit-card skimming operation at the Chinese Gourmet Express restaurant in the Rosedale Center mall. Several customers of the mall and employees at other stores there reported their personal credit or debit card numbers had been stolen and used fraudulently…
CA: Ex-Gym Employee Accused Of Stealing Clients’ Identities (updated)
A former employee at Wave House, a Mission Beach fitness center, has pleaded not guilty to 20 criminal charges, including identity theft and grand theft. Christopher Polley was arrested after police searched his home. Polley allegedly stole hundreds of applications and contracts. Read more on 10News and their follow-up. Update of Sept. 7: He was…