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Author: Dissent

More details emerging on SEGA Pass hack

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Dissent

AFP has more on breach first disclosed by SEGA on Friday: Hackers have stolen the personal data of some 1.29 million customers of the Japanese game maker Sega, the company said on Sunday, in a theft via a website of its European unit. The Sega Pass website, operated by London-based Sega Europe, did not contain…

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Consumer privacy: Medical-records suit reinstated

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Dissent

Bob Egelko reports: Californians can sue doctors, debt collectors and others who disclose their confidential medical information to a credit reporting agency, the state Supreme Court has ruled in a unanimous, potentially wide-ranging decision. The justices Thursday reversed a state appellate court that, like most federal judges who have considered the issue, concluded that federal…

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When her data was exposed, Kennedale woman cried foul — and the state listened

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dissent

Dave Lieber reports: Let’s all stand and cheer for Judy Yacio, a retired Kennedale school principal who struck a blow to stop identity theft. She exposed a flaw in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas that could make it easy for identity thieves to steal her personal banking information. […] After Yacio switched the bank…

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AU: UQ internet security not breached

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dissent

Part of a press release from the University of Queensland: Recent claims in the media that hackers had obtained passwords for email addresses at The University of Queensland (UQ) are inaccurate. UQ’s Director of Information Technology Services, Rob Moffatt, confirmed there had not been any network security breaches at the University and none of the…

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Man Charged With $1 Million Extortion Hack at ODesk

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dissent

Robert McMillan has more on the oDesk breach/extortion attempt I mentioned yesterday on this blog.  Significantly, Bob reports: On Friday, oDesk said no user information had been compromised by the hack. “We will continue to work with law enforcement to ensure that the person who unlawfully accessed our domain registry in 2009 is held accountable…

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When will people stop leaving laptops in cars?

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Dissent

Associated Press adds some details to the Harrisburg Project/Illinois State Board of Education breach reported previously on this blog. According to AP,  one of the details is that the laptops were stolen June 8 “from a car at a Palatine hotel.” So the laptops were left in a car?  Seriously, folks?    

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