Associated Press reports: The former police chief in Platteville is accused of using Social Security numbers from fellow police officers to buy gas for his personal vehicle. Classy. Read more on The Gazette.
Category: Breach Incidents
Nelnet employee accused of misusing customer info
Federal prosecutors have charged a Nelnet [National Education Loan Network] employee with fraud after she allegedly used customers’ information to apply for personal loans. Jovita D. Benford, 23, of Lincoln was charged with unauthorized computer access Monday in U.S. District Court. A screen recording of her computer by Nelnet found she completed pre-paid credit card applications…
Update: Lone Star Steakhouse settles complaint by Kansas AG; management firm pay $200,000 for improperly dumping employee records
Back in March, I covered a breach involving Lone Star Business Solutions. Now KWCH reports that as a result of their news coverage and a resulting investigation by the Attorney General Derek Schmidt, LS Management, the management firm for Lone Star Steakhouse, will pay a fine of $200,000 – the largest consumer protection fine ever…
Hundreds of Facebook phished and dumped by Cru3l Int3ntion
A hacker going by the name of Cru3l Int3ntion has dumped a huge amount of claimed phished facebook accounts. This comes as a warning to all users who use social networks, all 3rd party social network websites will NEVER ask you to provide your password, if they do do not use them. All 3rd party…
UN hacked and information leaked by TriCk, from TeaMp0isoN
As they always do, TeaMp0isoN had hit a decent target and leaked a lot of accounts on to pastebin. The attack is on United Nations and is well explained in the release notes why this attack has been carried out. A Senate for Global Corruption, the United Nations sits to facilitate the introduction of a NewWorld Order and…
dump of accounts from humormillnews.com
A small media website has been hit by hackers, and had a dump of accounts leaked on to pastebin. the hackers have used a well known SQL injection tool called havij to carry out the attack. tjhe leak contains usernames, emails, passwords and other user information be sure to use CTRL+F for quick search in case you…