1110 KBND points us to a statement on the Central Oregon Community College web site: Central Oregon Community College officials have identified some information on the COCC web site that may have been exposed as part of the recent unauthorized intrusion. COCC has taken down the web site while it works with law enforcement officials…
Category: Breach Incidents
Sony removes data posted by hackers
Reuters reports: Sony said on Saturday it had removed from the Internet the names and partial addresses of 2,500 sweepstakes contestants that had been stolen by hackers and posted on a website, and said it did not know when it could restart its PlayStation video games network. The company, under fire since hackers accessed personal…
FL: Sensitive Patient Records Found in Winter Haven City Recycling Dump
Rick Rousos reports: Records containing more than 60 Social Security numbers and sensitive medical histories were found this week by a woman diving for coupons in a large recycling bin. The paper records found at the city recycling area near the Orange Dome in Winter Haven on Tuesday came from the office of Jeffry Barnes, a…
LastPass says users no longer have to reset passwords
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: LastPass today rescinded its day-old order that all users of its online password management system reset their master passwords due to a database breach. In fact, in a LastPass blog post this morning, that company said it won’t allow users to change master passwords “until our databases are completely caught up and we…
Update: Data on stolen police laptop was encrypted
Sometimes it pays to wait until you get more information before making any public statement. A police chief in Connecticut was ridiculed widely yesterday after suggesting that a stolen laptop containing a “fair amount of records” would likely be inaccessible because the battery was old and run down. Today, there’s an updated assessment and statement….
Shanghai: 6 held over theft of personal info
Six people have been detained in connection with stealing, selling and publishing online the personal details of 3,600 local residents, police said yesterday. Officers said that details – including names, addresses and phone numbers – of residents from 14 well-known residential complexes changed hands six times before finally being posted on Baidu Wenku, China’s biggest…