Andy Carvell writes: An alleged hacker has broken the terms of a gagging order to speak out about his arrest and prosecution in an extraordinary rant on his group’s website. Last month, hackers exposed an embarrassing security flaw affecting iPad customers on AT&T, causing red faces all round at the telecoms provider. Shortly after the…
Category: Business Sector
Investor, TJX settle suit over data theft
Hiawatha Bray reports: TJX Cos., which owns the T.J. Maxx and Marshalls discount retail chains, has settled an investor lawsuit related to the theft of millions of its customers’ credit card numbers. The Louisiana Municipal Police Employees’ Retirement System, which holds shares of TJX stock, alleged that members of the TJX board of directors failed…
Houston Computer Administrator Sentenced to 12 Months in Prison for Hacking Former Employer’s Computer Network
A former senior database administrator for GEXA Energy in Houston was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for hacking into his former employer’s computer network. Steven Jinwoo Kim, 40, of Houston pleaded guilty on Nov. 16, 2009, to one count of intentionally accessing a protected computer without authorization and recklessly causing damage. Kim was…
IN: Card breach linked to national company
Kristin Maiorano reports: A local security breach with credit and debit cards has been linked to a national company. Lafayette Police detective B.T. Brown said the security issue affected the Camilles Sidewalk Cafe restaurants in the area. But Brown said the breach was strictly through Camilles’ parent company, Beautiful Brands International. “They [local Camilles franchises]…
Hard drive containing personal information on AMR retirees, employees stolen
Terry Maxon reports: AMR Corp. warned approximately 79,000 retirees, former and current employees Friday that someone stole a hard drive that contained personal information about them and their beneficiaries. “The data, which had been kept by AMR’s pension department, spans a time period from 1960 through 1995, and consists of images of historical microfilm files…
Canadian teen charged with hacking U.S. server
The Associated Press reports that a London, Ontario teen has been charged with hacking into a server in Colorado. Canadian police reportedly acted on a complaint from the sheriff’s department in Castle Rock, Colo. Police say the complaint involved unauthorized access and damage to a private server that contained sensitive data, including tax records.