Yesterday was a busy day for Anonymous Australia hacktivist #DoktorBass who has kicked off a new operation which has been dubbed #OpHarpoon and an operation against whaling. The announcement for the operation was made over the weekend and by last night 10 sites had been hacked three of which have been left with deface pages as well…
Category: Breach Incidents
Georgia Tax Return Preparer Pleads Guilty to Stolen Identity Refund Fraud Crimes
A tax return preparer from Macon, Ga., pleaded guilty Thursday to filing a false claim for tax refund, theft of government money and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue (IRS) announced. According to court documents, Willie C. Grant is a former tax return preparer who used many of his former clients’…
First Republic Bank gaffe in records disposal
First Republic Bank has been notifying clients after records containing their information were improperly disposed of on August 2. In its letter to clients, Maureen Maginn, Senior Vice President of Deposit Services, wrote: … on August 2, 2012, certain data were discarded in a way that did not adhere to our strict data disposal requirements….
Former Tennessee Tech University employee stole other employees’ information
The Herald-Citizen reports: Tennessee Tech University sent letters to 42 former and current employees yesterday informing them of a security breach related to personal identifying information. Through a cooperative effort between the university and the Cookeville Police Department, Tennessee Tech University learned that alleged criminal acts by a former TTU employee have resulted in unauthorized…
UK: Essex council security breach exposes 400 to identity theft
A major security breach at Essex County Council has exposed 400 vulnerable people to identity theft and led to the dismissal of an employee. Names, addresses and financial information about people in “substantial” and “critical” need of care were sent from the Adults Health and Community Wellbeing Department to a computer outside of County Hall….
Road Runner Safe Storage’s Security Breach (updated)
Seen on dslreports.com: “Dear Customer, We are writing to inform you of a recent security incident involving your Road Runner Safe Storage account, which may have exposed your password. Recently, an unauthorized third party accessed one of our databases. As soon as we learned of the attack, we limited all access to the database and…