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Author: Dissent

Security breach at Linux Foundation

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Dissent

The Linux Foundation has mailed users of the Linux.com and LinuxFoundation.org sites informing them that they discovered a security breach on 8 September which “may have compromised your username, password, email address and other information”. The Foundation says that it believes the breach is connected to the security breach at kernel.org at the start of…

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Samsung Card latest in line of data leaks

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Dissent

Kim Ji-hyun reports that criticism of Samsung Card is starting to pile up following its recent breach disclosure following an insider data leak: Samsung Card, one of the nation’s leading credit card companies, is under fire for trying to downplay the leak of clients’ personal information as concerns mount over the frequent exposure of such data…

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Florida sees explosion of tax fraud with data breaches fueling the crime

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Dissent

Elaine Silvestrini reports: Thousands of local homeowners who relied on a national alarm business to protect their homes from intruders became victims of identity theft perpetrated by at least one employee of another company that sold them the security system, police say. “I went to them for security and I felt violated,” said Marilyn Varriale,…

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OR: Security lapse exposes 62 ODOT employees’ personal information

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Dissent

Peter Wong reports: A breach in computer data security exposed personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, of 62 current and former employees and others working with environmental programs of the Oregon Department of Transportation. The agency announced the breach this morning. The breach was called to the agency’s attention two weeks ago by…

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TX: Methodist Hospital employee stole cancer patients’ information for payday loan fraud

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Dissent

Brian Rogers reports: An employee for Methodist Hospital in Houston is accused of stealing personal information from cancer and transplant patients for an identity theft scheme that paid for luxury cars and designer clothes. Shantel Moore, 29, is charged with organized criminal activity, a first-degree felony, for participating in a scam with her fiance, Antoine…

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Indiana University School of Medicine notifies patients of stolen laptop containing personal and medical information

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Dissent

WISH reports: The Indiana University School of Medicine is warning thousands of people that their medical records could have been breeched after someone stole a laptop back in August. The medical school reports the laptop, stolen Aug. 16, contained records of 3,192 individuals that included name, age, sex, diagnosis, medical record number and in 178…

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