Steve Litz reports: Thousands of students at Florida International University are hoping their personal information is not used against them after being informed of a possible security breach of the university’s computer system. An undergraduate education database containing 19,500 current and former students’ names, social security numbers, birth dates, and grade point averages was discovered…
Category: Breach Incidents
AZ: Glendale police arrest credit card worker in identity theft
Morgan Tanabe reports: Glendale police arrested a credit card company worker and her boyfriend suspected of identity theft and the use of a stolen credit card, according to a court document. Las Vegas resident Amanda Shepherd, who works as a customer service representative at Citi Cards, was arrested Tuesday. George Nelson was arrested on Sept….
AU: Hackers published personal data of 25,000 police officials
The Austrian Independent reports: An Austrian hackers group has published the names and home addresses of 24,938 police officials sparking fears that many could be targeted by criminals. Police say the data published by the Austrian branch of the global hacker collective „Anonymous”, known as AnonAustria contained private information for officials ranging from beat officers…
2316 Reasons why Assad is finished, #OpSyria leaves Government websites with a message
Operation Syria has taken another step and now defacing more government websites. This defacing is not anywhere like your normal defacing. It has had time and effort put in to creating this template and the information with the defacement is strong and gets the word across. So far this is the best defacement i have…
Yet another former employee of Electronic Data Systems convicted for participation in ID theft and tax fraud conspiracy
The other day I posted information on an insider breach at Electronic Data Systems that had pretty much flown under the media radar. Today, I came across this subsequent press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Alabama that names yet another Electronic Data Systems employee who appears to have been…
Some retirees’ personal information lost in mail
Associated Press reports: The personal information of thousands of U.S. Steel Mining retirees and their dependents has been lost in the mail. Benefits Administration Services said Friday that a password-protected CD it had put in the mail in August never reached its destination. BAS is a provider of benefits administration services for the United States…