Beth Hundsdorfer reports: A Mascoutah man stationed at Scott Air Force Base and hired to ensure the security of Department of Defense computers was being investigated for hacking before he took his own life, according to recently unsealed federal court records. FBI Agent Christopher Trifiletti showed up to question Jamie Magers, 33, who worked as…
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Update on Albertsons breach
Lindsay Nadric reports: Earlier this month Albertsons announced a data breach affecting customers who shopped in their stores any time between June 22, 2014 and July 17, 2014. Before Friday, it was unclear which stores were impacted, but fraud investigators with AB Acquisition LLC, the company Albertsons is using to provide complimentary consumer identity protection…
School board to hire lawyer to investigate leak
Gretchen Phillips reports: The St. Mary’s County Board of Education is hiring independent counsel to investigate an alleged leak of confidential personnel information involving a school system employee. The investigation comes at a cost of $300 an hour. Sal Raspa, school board chair, explained Thursday that after board members discussed investigating the disclosure of information…
JPMorgan Chase alerts Louisiana that data breach possibly affects state-issued debit cards
Julia O’Donoghue reports: The personal information of Louisiana residents could be at risk because of another data breach involving state-issued debit cards. JPMorgan Chase has notified Louisiana’s government that someone had broken through the company’s security system and the personal information of residents using debit cards provided by three state agencies could be exposed. People who…
Update: More details emerge on Geekface breach
Earlier this week, I blogged about a breach involving Geekface. More details are now available, as they were provided to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office. In its notification to the state, George Ryan, CEO, writes: Our server was breached on the 5th by someone with a Chinese IP, the main focus of the attacker…
Two California Residents Sentenced To Prison For Computer Theft From LendingTree; Former Employee Sold Unauthorized Access
U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad, Jr. sentenced two California residents to prison on Tuesday, August 26, 2014, for their role involving computer theft from a nation-wide online mortgage broker (the “company”). Brian Matthew Rich, 40, of Laguna Beach, Calif., was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release. Marcus…