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Author: Dissent

Hackers Take Schools To School

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Dissent

Nice to see on data on this. Tim Wilson of Dark Reading writes: Some 63 percent of K-12 schools say they have experienced at least two security breaches in the past year, according to a new study, and their IT administrators are struggling to find the resources they need to keep up with security tasks….

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IL: Credit card fraud/Identity theft alert

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Dissent

From the Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois, this press release: The Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Office, over the past week, has been receiving numerous complaints of credit card fraud/identity theft. Victims have been receiving calls from their credit card companies stating that their cards had been used fraudulently, not only in the U….

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Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands learns online state park pass purchase site was compromised last year; 970 notified

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Dissent

Rob Poindexter reports: Credit card information may have been stolen for some people who bought state park passes on line. The Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands learned in February that their online system for the sale of state park passes, provided by a private vendor, was hacked by “malware.” The breach happened between March…

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Now it’s TripAdvisor’s turn to report a compromised email database

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Dissent

Nate Cochrane reports: TripAdvisor.com is the latest organisation to fall prey to hackers, who made off with the popular travel site’s member email list. SC Magazine recommends TripAdvisor subscribers change their passwords as a precaution but not to click on any links from emails purporting to be from the travel community site. You may see…

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Ca: Medical records found in Regina recycling bin

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Dissent

Some people just still don’t get it and continue to dispose of sensitive records improperly. From CBC in Canada: Saskatchewan authorities are investigating after several boxes containing the medical files of about 1,000 patients were discovered intact in a paper-recycling bin in Regina. Gary Dickson, the province’s information and privacy commissioner, told CBC News on…

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UK: Confidential staff data sent in email by mistake

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Dissent

Katie Clark reports: Personal details of 200 staff from a Christchurch-based housing group were mistakenly emailed to a member of the public. Staff payroll information including names, addresses and dates of birth, as well as the National Insurance numbers of employees at Spectrum Housing were mistakenly emailed out by a member of staff two and…

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