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And yet another Experian data breach

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Dissent

This time, the client whose credentials were misused to access Experian’s database was Everglades Federal Credit Union. By my count, that’s now more than 60 breaches of this kind since 2006. Why has no federal agency done anything about this?

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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act No Help to Employer Suing Employee Who Took Proprietary Business Info

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Dissent

Michelle Hackim writes: An employer had no cause of action under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”) against an employee who accessed its computer systems to misappropriate confidential and proprietary business information to start a competing business, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio has held. Cranel Inc. v. Pro Image Consultants…

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Alabama Woman Sentenced to Prison for Stolen Identity Refund Fraud

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Dissent

A Dothan, Alabama, woman was sentenced to serve 34 months in prison in connection with her role in committing stolen identity tax refund fraud. On July 16, a jury found Nina Macena, 32, guilty of conspiring to defraud the government through the filing of false tax returns, three counts of wire fraud and three counts…

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FCC jumps into data security; plans $10 million fine for carriers that breached consumer privacy

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Dissent

Back in 2013, I blogged about a breach involving TerraCom and YourTel. Their breach response was so poor that I devoted two posts to criticizing them. But as bad as the breach and their response were, things got even worse when Scripps News kept investigating and uncovered more problems. It was no surprise, therefore, to learn…

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BreyerHorse.com site compromised for 18 months

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Dissent

Reeves International is notifying consumers who made purchases on BreyerHorses.com that their personal information may have been compromised in a breach that went undetected for 18 months. In a letter to those affected, Arthur Minnocci, CFO, writes: On September 9, 2014, we learned that unauthorized individuals installed malicious software on the computer server hosting the Breyer Horses…

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Leader of Team Digi7al sentenced today to serve twenty-four months in federal prison

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Dissent

From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Oklahoma: Daniel Trenton Krueger, one of two leaders of the computer hacking group known as Team Digi7al, was sentenced today to serve twenty-four months in federal prison for hacking the U.S. Navy, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and over 50 public and private computer systems, U.S. Attorney Danny C….

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