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Report Says Former IRS Employees–Think Lois Lerner–Can Still Peruse Your Tax Returns

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Dissent

Robert W. Wood translates a GAO report that was recently reported on this site: Could Lois Lerner still take a look at your tax returns on IRS computers? It sounds preposterous, but a new watchdog report says former IRS employees still have access to IRS computer systems long after they have no official business with the information. The report is by the U.S….

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WebSitePipeline notifying clients of breach

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Dissent

BetterBee has notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a breach involving some customers’ payment card information. BetterBee says they were contacted by their ecommerce host, WebSite Pipeline (WSP) that hackers had successfully attacked one of their main computers and gained access to some clients’ passwords. Using those passwords, the hackers then  uploaded malware that…

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Documents with Social Security numbers found in south St. Louis dumpster

Posted on March 24, 2015 by Dissent

Dan Greenwald reports: A south St. Louis resident was in alley picking up trash when he discovered a dumpster overflowing with documents containing personal information. […] All of the files were marked with Doran Reality, a company in south St. Louis County that Forbes did business with nearly 20 minutes (sic) ago. Read more on KMOV….

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Romanian National Extradited To New Jersey To Face Charges In Computer Hacking Scheme

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Dissent

A Romanian citizen made his initial court appearance today following his extradition to face charges that he orchestrated an international hacking scheme targeting retailers, security companies, medical offices and individuals in the United States, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Mircea-Ilie Ispasoiu, 29, of Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania, is charged by federal indictment with two counts…

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Third US Health Entity Suspected of being Compromised

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Dissent

Uh oh. SLC Security reports: While we can’t name any particular names at this time we have started seeing indicators of another related attack originating out of China aimed at US Healthcare entities. This time another well known affiliate of a previously breached healthcare entity appears to be attacking other Healthcare entities in California and…

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MD: IT specialist who hacked state databases sentenced

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Dissent

There’s a follow-up to a breach previously noted on PHIprivacy.net. AP reports:  A Frederick man has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for stealing personal information of more than 11,000 intellectually and developmentally disabled people. Alexander Afonso, an  information technology specialist, pleaded guilty to using another employee’s computer credentials to obtain the victims’ Social Security numbers and medical…

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