Matt Coyne reports that a former employee of Segmark Solutions was able to hack into their computer systems, causing $7,000 damage to the system and misusing corporate credit card numbers. My question is how was he able to do that? Did he really hack into the system or was his access not terminated when he left…
Category: Breach Incidents
Regions says employee 401k data lost when auditor Ernst & Young mailed flash drive and code key together
Russell Hubbard reports: Personal information about Regions Financial Corp. current and former employees was lost in November when a flash drive with the data came up missing after being mailed by outside auditor Ernst & Young in the same envelope as the decryption code. Read more on al.com.
Over 12,000 digital game purchasers notified of breach involving TryMedia’s ActiveStore application
TryMedia, a subsidiary of RealNetworks, Inc.. recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a security breach involving its ActiveStore application that is used by partner sites selling digital games. According to their letter dated January 13, the firm became aware of an intrusion into its ActiveStore application and believes the intruders were able to…
UK: £140,000 fine for Midlothian Council after sending child data to wrong people five times in as many months (updated)
A Scottish council has been fined £140,000 after repeatedly releasing sensitive information about vulnerable children and carers to the wrong people. Midlothian Council was guilty of five data protection breaches in as many months last year. It is the first local authority in Scotland to be fined by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which is…
CA: Students busted for hacking computers, changing grades
Iain Thomson reports: Three high school juniors have been arrested after they devised a sophisticated hacking scheme to up their grades and make money selling quiz answers to their classmates. The students are accused of breaking into the janitor’s office of California’s Palos Verdes High School and making a copy of the master key, giving…
Universal Music Portugal hacked and accounts leaked
It would seem that some one, unknown to us as we have searched and searched and can not confirm this or who they are, but they have claimed to of hacked Universal Music Portugal and dumped a load of accounts on to pastebin as well. When checking the Portugal website it is currently down showing…