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Author: Dissent

UK: Personal data exposed on website

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Dissent

From Kevin Peachey and Bill Wilson of the BBC News: Personal data including the signatures of recipients has been exposed to those tracking deliveries on the Parcelforce website, the BBC has discovered. A failure in the system allowed people using the mail tracing service access to the name, postcode and signature of various addressees. The…

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Sensitive documents found inside vehicle owned by Clayton County sheriff’s employee

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Dissent

Kathy Jefcoats of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Genevieve Prejean, a Clayton County sheriff’s employee, is under investigation after local police found a stack of sensitive material inside her car during a traffic stop. A convicted felon, Brandyn Keith Mathis, was driving her car at the time of the stop: Prejean told police she took…

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Pointer: TJX Hacker Was Awash in Cash; His Penniless Coder Faces Prison

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Dissent

Kim Zetter has a nice human-interest piece over on Threat Level about those involved in the TJX hack: Accused TJX hacker kingpin Albert Gonzalez called his credit card theft ring “Operation Get Rich or Die Tryin.” He spent $75,000 on a birthday party for himself and once complained that he had to manually count $340,000…

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Ca: Credit card fraud draws two-year sentence

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Dissent

Betty Ann Adams of TheStarPhoenix.com reports that Brandon Brian Therens, a newly graduated University of Saskatchewan student, pleaded guilty to hacking into the university’s computer in 2007 and downloading the credit card information of about 3,600 students. Therens also admitted to other frauds and thefts between May and October 2007: He stole hand-held wireless debit…

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Patient Advocacy Groups Urge Greater Focus on Patients' Choice and Privacy Rights in Health-Reform Debate

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Dissent

  From the Institute for Health Freedom, this press release: While Congressional debate is focused primarily on whether to include a public option for health insurance, many Americans remain concerned about how a mandate for private health insurance will affect their health-care choices and privacy. “We’re hearing politicians promise that if people like their existing…

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Breach exposes debit card accounts at Suncoast Federal Credit Union to fraud

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Dissent

This story was first reported earlier this week, but I waited until there was confirmation that it was linked to the Heartland Payment Systems breach. This newest story provides more detail but still leaves some questions unanswered. Nicole Norfleet of the St. Petersburg Times reports: About 56,000 members of Suncoast Schools Federal Credit Union have…

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