Okay, I grant you that I am not in a great mood today, but color me unsympathetic to those who are “horrified” that clients’ data is stolen when they haven’t adequately secured the data. Case in point: My Dear Tax Clients, It is with a heavy heart that I bring you this news. On Friday…
Category: U.S.
The 1% Program of Public Architecture discloses breach
From their web site: “The 1% program of Public Architecture connects nonprofit organizations in need of design assistance with architecture and design firms willing to donate their time on a pro bono basis. “ I wish really bad karma for all hackers who go after non-profits trying to do some good in this world. Posted by the 1%…
ID Parts notifies 12,000 customers of payment card breach
ID Parts, LLC is notifying approximately 12,000 customers that malware inserted in their server for their e-commerce site (idparts.com) may have captured payment card information between January 2014 and October 28, 2014. ID Parts was alerted to the breach by American Express, whose fraud investigation had pointed to ID Parts as the common point of…
Entry Point of JPMorgan Data Breach Is Identified
Oops. An overlooked server that was not configured for two-factor authentication became the weak link in JPMorgan’s defenses. Matthew Goldstein, Nicole Perlroth, and Michael Corkery report: The computer breach at JPMorgan Chase this summer — the largest intrusion of an American bank to date — might have been thwarted if the bank had installed a simple…
PA: Police investigate student data breach at South Western High School
Jennifer Wentz reports: Penn Township police are investigating a data breach at South Western High School. The district discovered Dec. 18 that an unauthorized person accessed social security numbers of students attending the school in the 2006-2007 and 2014-2015 school years, according to a letter sent to district parents Dec. 19. Police do not believe…
Student hackers and hackees
In Illinois, Katlyn Smith reports: Bartlett police are considering whether to level criminal charges against two Bartlett High School students who hacked into an Elgin Area District U-46 online portal and changed student attendance records, officials said Friday. The duo also hacked into at least one U-46 staff member’s email account, officials said. Read more…