Yesterday I posted a hack to DataLossDB involving York County, SC based on a news report. Today, I saw another news report and that the first report had been updated. Significantly (to me, anyway), the first report now reads: County officials discovered the intrusion during routine maintenance on Aug. 29, 2011, he said. The server…
Category: Breach Incidents
California Dept of Social Services notifying over 700,000 In-Home Supportive Services providers and recipients after payroll data lost in the mail
California Department of Social Services is notifying over 700,000 In-Home Supportive Services providers and recipients that their data may have been lost. An FAQ on the department’s web site explains that CDSS became aware of the breach on May 9. The information was in a package that was damaged in transit between a Hewlett Packard…
High school hack: Teenager suspended for accessing confidential school records and posting them on Facebook
David Collins of The Mirror reports: A teenager hacked into his school’s “secure” database and posted pupils’ disciplinary records on Facebook. Lewis Blessed, 15, was suspended from classes for nine days after revealing confidential staff comments about children who had misbehaved. But his mum Andrea, 43, says the school over-reacted – because her son simply…
Hackers Compromise U Of Arkansas Computer Store Records (updated to include affected U. Maine and U. Rochester)
Hackers broke into a Maine-based computer server and exposed credit card records of more than 1,000 customers at the University of Arkansas Computer Store, school officials said Thursday. The school discovered Tuesday the breach could affect as many as 1,007 computer store customers who made online transactions during the past four years. University officials continue…
TeaMp0isoN’s MLT Arrested & Claims responsibility to 1400+ offences
LONDON — Police have arrested a 17-year-old suspected spokesman for Team Poison, a hacking group that has claimed responsibility for a series of high-profile cyber-attacks. The boy was arrested on Wednesday in Newcastle in connection with alleged computer misuse offences, London’s Metropolitan Police said. "The suspect, who is believed to use the online ‘nic’ (nickname)…
Plaxo online address book service warns of security breach
Online address book service Plaxo has confirmed that an unknown malicious third-party gained access to the company’s API connection to Google’s address book and calendar. As a result of the security breach, Google took precautionary measures and temporarily disabled the connection, and sent Google account holders a “Suspicious sign in prevented” email advising them that…