Kim Zetter reports: Admitted TJX hacker Albert Gonzalez has identified two Russian accomplices who helped him hack into numerous companies and steal more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers. Gonzalez told prosecutors that the hackers breached at least four card processing companies, as well as a series of foreign banks, a brokerage house…
Category: Breach Incidents
UCSF belatedly announces September data breach
Chris Rauber reports: UC San Francisco said late Tuesday it has alerted 600 patients and others that an external hacker may have obtained “temporary access to emails containing their personal information” as a result of a late September phishing scam. The breach occurred about three months ago, and was investigated in mid-October, but wasn’t disclosed…
Laptop stolen from The Beijing Center contained applicants’ SSN
A laptop stolen from a locked facility at The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies on October 15th reportedly contained the names and Social Security Numbers of students who had applied to study abroad in China between 1994 and 2006. The laptop belonged to a recruiter for the center. According to a notification sent to the…
Personal information stolen from Detroit’s health department
Christine MacDonald reports on two breaches in the Detroit area: Police are investigating two incidents in which patients’ medical records — including social security numbers — were stolen from the city’s health department. The first theft occurred in late October when a flash drive was stolen from a health department employee’s car. It contained files…
Personal Data At Risk After SQL Flaw Discovered
Sophie Curtis reports: A SQL injection flaw on a social networking app developer site has compromised the security of users and could lead to identity theft A SQL injection flaw has been discovered in Rockyou.com – a social networking application development website used by app developers for Bebo, Facebook and Myspace. The flaw could have…
Dollar Tree hacked over weekend, business as usual on Monday
Bryan Baker of WRDW in Georgia reports that Dollar Tree in North Augusta was hacked over the weekend: Employees say someone hacked into the store’s computers, potentially exposing sensitive customer information. North Augusta Public Safety says so far there have been no identity theft complaints from Dollar Tree customers. The store agreed, telling News 12…