While Sony has been assuring everyone that users’ credit card numbers were encrypted, other reports continue to suggest otherwise (including this chat log that has garnered a lot of attention). Now Asher Moses reports: Personal information and credit card numbers stolen from Sony’s PlayStation Network in one of the world’s largest privacy breaches are reportedly…
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DSLReports says member information stolen
Elinor Mills reports: Subscribers to ISP news and review site DSLReports.com have been notified that their e-mail addresses and passwords may have been exposed during an attack on the Web site earlier this week. The site was targeted in an SQL injection attack yesterday and about 8 percent of the subscribers’ e-mail addresses and passwords…
FL: Two men sentenced in mail and aggravated identity theft ring
Ricardo Lee Penn, 48, and Dorian Jerrell Cawley, 26, both of Wellington, were sentenced this week to 94 months and 54 months in prison, respectively, following their guilty pleas to charges of conspiracy to commit mail theft and access device fraud, unauthorized use of access devices and aggravated identity theft. In addition to those charges,…
WA: Teacher Passwords Stolen, Grades Hacked At 3 Seattle High Schools
Someone has stolen teacher passwords and changed grades in a Seattle Public Schools computer system, the district said in an email to teachers obtained Thursday by KIRO 7 Eyewitness News. The district’s IT staff found the theft of network login passwords “appears to have been going on for the last few weeks, possibly longer,” the…
CA: On-campus computer thefts aimed at Faculty Association
Chenin Burnett-Doering reports: Computers were allegedly stolen from the PCC [Pasadena City College] Faculty Association office as well as from the office of its President, Roger Marheine over spring break. Marheine was upset to learn about the theft. “In both cases a ‘master key’ was used, as there was no sign of forced entry. Thus,…
TX: Combs: More help on way for those affected by data breach
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs today said her office is taking additional steps to assist the 3.5 million Texans whose personal information — including names and Social Security numbers — was publicly accessible for more than a year because of a data security lapse by the comptroller’s office. Among those steps: Beginning Friday, a year of…