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(follow-up) UMS beefs up data security after breach

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Dissent

Judy Harrison of Bangor Daily News reports that following a breach last summer at the University of Maine, the uni is investing $2.6 million to upgrade security. Trustees were briefed Monday on a proposal to improve the security of data. A recent data scan systemwide showed four areas of high risk and three of medium…

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Springs man sent to prison for hacking into TSA computer

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Dissent

Another case of a disgruntled terminated employee seeking revenge. Douglas James Duchak was sentenced to prison for injecting malicious code into a TSA computer after he was terrminated. No personal data compromised, but the potential was there. You can read about the case on The Gazette.

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UConn Customer Database Hacked (updated)

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Dissent

Bob Connors reports: UConn is warning thousands of customers who bought items on it’s HuskiesDirect.com HuskyDirect.com website that their personal information may have been exposed in a data security breach. A hacker obtained access to the HuskiesDirect.com HuskyDirect.com database containing billing information for 18,000 customers. The website is used by people to buy sports gear from…

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CA: Two sentenced for gas station identity thefts

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Dissent

To follow up on a case previously covered on this blog in March and October, this report from Mark Anderson of the Sacramento Bee: A gang that used card readers to skim personal information at gas station card readers in Northern California was busted for identity theft, and two of the four were sentenced to…

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Ca: Boy hacked into Catholic school board’s computer

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Dissent

Another Canadian school has been caught with its security pants down, it seems, after some security protections were not reactivated following a server upgrade. Kennedy Gordon reports: The Catholic school board took action after learning a young hacker had accessed confidential records — action due in part to the boy’s parents. John Mackle, education director…

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Victim numbers continue to climb in EVG Quality breach

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Dissent

From today’s Los Angeles Times: Police have identified 380 victims of credit or debit card fraud at a Sierra Madre gas station with losses exceeding $109,000, Police Chief Marilyn Diaz said Monday. […] “The fraudulent charges arising from credit and debit cards used at the EVG station are showing up both as EVG charges and…

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