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(update) Hacker accessed HuskyDirect.com database by using vendor’s administrative password

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Dissent

On January 31, lawyers for the University of Connecticut Cooperative Corporation notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a breach mentioned previously on this blog. Their letter revealed some previously unreported details, including the fact that the HuskyDirect.com web site was hosted and managed by Fuss & O’Neill Technologies LLC in Connecticut, a firm that does business…

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Financial aid hacked; fraud scheme is under active investigation

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Dissent

Gretchen Smail reports: A hacker (or group of hackers) recently attempted to tamper with the financial aid programs offered through the Solano Community College website. The cyber attack happened early in the spring 2011 semester. Students were quickly notified of the fraud via alerts on the Solano website. “It appears that the person(s) of interest…

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(follow-up) ME: Little found by police on June data breach

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Dissent

Jamison Cocklin reports: For now, it seems the data breach that occurred last spring when two of the University of Maine’s computer servers were infiltrated by hackers will have few repercussions on the more than 4,000 students affected. Officer Bill Mitchell, a computer forensics specialist who is leading the investigation for the University of Maine…

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(update) NC: U.B.E. breach victims total continues to climb

Posted on February 13, 2011 by Dissent

Jackie Drake reports: Greenville Police are handling at least 100 complaints so far from East Carolina University students who say they lost money after their accounts were compromised in a recent security breach at the University Book Exchange. The breach is believed to have occurred between Jan. 5 and Jan. 25 and the case is…

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Texas Children’s Hospital informed they may have had security breach

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Dissent

On December 29, Texas Children’s Hospital was notified by the Harris County District Attorney’s Office that its Accounts Payable system may have suffered a security breach.  Names and Social Security Numbers of some employees and vendors who received checks between 1999 and 2011 may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party and the information…

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(follow-up) HuskyDirect.com site still down, some victims report fraud

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Dissent

As a follow-up to a previously reported breach  involving a hack of HuskyDirect.com, there are now some reports suggesting that the data may have been misused. Back on January 11, U.Conn  had posted a notice to its web site: The UConn Co-op was informed by its vendor that there has been a data security incident involving…

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