Not all data losses are created equal. Grant Gross of IDG News Service reports: The former IT director for a nonprofit organ and tissue donation center pleaded guilty to a charge that she broke into the organization’s computer network and deleted organ donation database records, invoice files, and database and accounting software, the U.S. Department…
Category: Breach Incidents
Ehud Tenenbaum agrees to be extradicted to U.S.
Kevin Martin of Calgary Sun reports that Ehud Tenenbaum, the hacker known as “The Analyzer” and who came to public attention years ago for hacking into into NASA, the Pentagon, the Israeili Parliament and Hamas, has agreed to waive extradition to face charges in the U.S. relating to credit card fraud and hacks of financial…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: In Oregon, Ashley Marie Crayton, Devona Lenee Franklin, and Vivian Wang have been charged with ID theft after a complaint from a Wells Fargo branch. More. In California, Cherie Ann Deloura was arrested on charges relating to a scam in which she added her name as an authorized user to American…
Hackers may have gotten to Virginia health professions computers
Tammie Smith of The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that Virginia Department of Health Professions servers containing licensing information on all licensed health professionals may have been hacked. All 36 computer servers were shut down “after a midday message popped up on some computer screens that implied the system was being hacked.” The department is investigating and…
OR: Sensitive Documents Found Outside Business
KPTV reports that thousands of documents with credit card receipts exposing full credit card numbers and checks with routing and account numbers were found in a dumpster behind the Brooke Auto Insurance Company. The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November.
CO: Sensitive documents were not secure?
Peter Marcus of The Denver Daily News reports: City employees and officials are in the midst of a blame game over unsecured juvenile court records and sensitive personnel files. Denver Auditor Dennis Gallagher yesterday issued an alert warning of security concerns over unsecured juvenile court records, as well as sensitive personnel files, left open to…