The following email was forwarded to DataBreaches.net by the recipient: From: Privacy Officer [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 10:57 AM To: Privacy Officer Subject: URGENT SECURITY CONCERN Importance: High Dear Customer, We are writing to warn you of our recent discovery of a serious security defect in one of our competitor’s systems. The defect,…
Author: Dissent
Defending the Digital Gates: Universities and Cyber Security
Kevin Lizarazo writes: More than a year and a half ago, in a computer lab in Stony Brook University, Peter Yeh and his friend sat down at their terminals with one goal: to hack into a computer system. The target was the school’s SOLAR System, a web-based service for students and faculty to manage their…
Sony answers some questions, while more inquiries pile on
Sony has posted a Q&A #1 for PlayStation Network and Qriocity Services, responding to some of the concerns raised about their recent breach. Of note, they say that all of the credit card data were encrypted, although they acknowledge that the personal data table was not encrypted. More will come out in time, of course….
Yankees Accidentally Leak Personal Info Of 20,000 Season Ticket Holders
Barry Petchesky writes: The New York Yankees accidentally distributed a file containing information on more than 20,000 season ticket accounts. The spreadsheet contains account numbers, names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses, and was mistakenly sent to thousands of current clients. Precisely 21,466 season ticket plans are listed in the document, representing all of the…
ID thieves target 87 Schield employees
At least 87 cases of identity theft have been reported by employees of Schield Family Brands. Schield includes four central Wisconsin window and door manufacturers, Medford-based Weather Shield and Mosinee-based Peachtree, Vetter and Crestline. Current Schield employees and those who have worked for the company at any time since 1992 were targeted in the thefts,…
WA: ID thief pleads guilty to 85 counts
Jeremy Pawloski reports: An Olympia-area man who was arrested in January in the largest identity theft case in Thurston County history pleaded guilty Tuesday to three counts of first-degree identity theft and 82 counts of second-degree identity theft. Anthony Vaughn, 30, will be sentenced in two to three weeks, according to Thurston County Deputy Prosecuting…