AP reports: The University of Hawaii will provide two years of credit protection services to settle a class-action lawsuit involving data breaches involving nearly 100,000 students, faculty, alumni and staff between 2009 and 2011, officials and attorneys announced Thursday. Read more on Canadian Business.
Category: Breach Incidents
NC: Deputies: Windstream employee stole ‘numerous’ customer accounts in fraud
Nathan Hardin reports: A Mt. Pleasant man turned himself in this morning after authorities issued warrants for his arrest. Deputies said he stole “numerous” customer accounts for more than a year while he was working as a Windstream employee. Authorities said Walter Darnell Austin, 45, used the financial information of Windstream internet customers to buy…
CA: SF city worker charged with data theft
Associated Press updates an insider incident previously covered on this blog: A former San Francisco city employee is facing charges that she stole Social Security and other confidential information from more than 3,000 people who applied for Medi-Cal benefits. Shawn Williams pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to four felony counts of withholding and concealing stolen…
Update: More than 4,000 vets potentially affected by VA data breach
Nicole Blake Johnson reports: A Veterans Affairs Department data breach may have put at risk the personal information of more than 4,000 veterans, VA Chief Information Officer Roger Baker said Wednesday. That is nearly twice the number of potentially affected vets VA said last week were eligible for credit monitoring because of the breach. The…
IDF, Israel Defence Force Attack Iran Websites in Middle East Cyber War
content/images/gallery/random3/hacked-by-idf-team.png Yesterday we reported that a few hospitals came under attack in Israel, as a result of this many Israeli hackers have become pissed off and unleashed more attacks agasint Iranian websites and have plans for many more. The attacks are coming from IDF otherwise known as Israel Defence force team and are aimed purely…
34,000 Accounts leaked from xboxliveclans.com by @alsa7rx
content/images/gallery/random3/leaked-xbox-live-clans-forum-pastebin-com_.png @alsa7rx is just about to make alot of gamers panic, specially if they have used xboxliveclans.com and signed up and stupidly used the same usernames/password combos everywhere, which si very common. The attack which has seen over 34000 accounts leaked from the vbulletin based forums is sure to stir up some trouble for people. The leaked…