Matt Liebowitz reports: Hacked accounts and fraudulent purchases are leaving iTunes users singing a sad song — again. Crafty computer criminals are compromising users’ iTunes accounts and purchasing hundreds of dollars worth of music, apps, gift cards, ringtones and games, the security firm Kaspersky Lab reported. The hacks, discussed in detail in an Apple Discussions…
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Kroger customer data stolen from Epsilon (update2)
Yet another email service provider has been compromised for customer names and email addresses. Kroger Co. is letting customers know a breach of a database with its customers’ names and email addresses. The breach occurred at Epsilon, a national third-party email fulfillment company headquartered in Dallas. […] In the email Kroger sent to customers, the…
MI: Man turns documents with personal information over to police
Mary Conway reports that a Michigan man who found a file with with personal documents in a dumpster at the corner of Maybee Road and Gregory in Oakland County turned the documents over to the police. “It was vital information, like social security numbers, license numbers, dates of birth even bank account numbers” Wysocki said….
Sophisticated Attack Yields Data On IEEE Members
Paul Roberts reports: IEEE, the world’s leading society for technical professionals, has warned some 800 members that their credit card and personal information may have been stolen. The FBI has been notified of the breach. The group disclosed the November, 2010 breach in a letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General, dated February 24, in…
Missing BP laptop had personal data of claimants (updated)
Associated Press reports that a BP employee lost a laptop containing unencrypted personal information on approximately 13,000 people who had filed compensation claims prior to August 2010 stemming from the Gulf oil spill. Read more on Quad-Cities Online. BP did not provide any details on the types of information for each claimant or any gap…
NY: Student Records Found Dumped in Trash Bins
Andrea Day reports that files found tossed in a dumpster behind a strip mall on Long Island were from the Huntington Learning Center in East Northport. The woman who found the files said she couldn’t believe what she found in the trash bins behind the store where she works. The files had ages, work numbers, and…