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Baylor Law Screw-Up Reveals Personal Data of Entire Admitted Class: Data That We’ve Got

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Dissent

Elie Mystal writes: There are data breaches, and then there are data dummies. The people at Baylor Law seem to be in the latter category. Nobody was trying to steal the personal information of the admitted students at Baylor Law. But a screw-up by someone at the school resulted in all of the personal information of the admitted…

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Global Payments confirms data breach (Update 2)

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Dissent

After being named by the Wall Street Journal earlier today, Global Payments Inc. has issued a press release about the breach reported earlier today by Brian Krebs: Global Payments Inc, a leader in payment processing services, announced it identified and self-reported unauthorized access into a portion of its processing system. In early March 2012, the…

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MasterCard, VISA Warn of Processor Breach

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: VISA and MasterCard are alerting banks across the country about a recent major breach at a U.S.-based credit card processor. Sources in the financial sector are calling the breach “massive,” and say it may involve more than 10 million compromised card numbers. Read more on KrebsonSecurity. As always, Brian is all over…

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UPDATE: Statement from ESingles about MilitarySingles.com

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Dissent

Today, a spokesperson for ESingles provided an update to the MilitarySingles.com breach report. Their statement is as follows: After a thorough investigation by our company programmers, it is our conclusion that our database was not hacked and that the claims of the Lulzsec group are completely false. Here are a couple points to note: 1….

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Chris Aragon, partner in Carders Market, pleads guilty in massive ID theft/fraud scheme

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Dissent

The leader of a crime ring was convicted yesterday of stealing thousands of personal identities and counterfeiting credit cards to buy high-end goods to be resold on eBay and Craigslist. Christopher John Aragon, 51, Capistrano Beach, pleaded guilty March 26, 2012, to 50 felony counts including 33 counts of unauthorized use of personal identifying information,…

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FTC releases proposed settlement order in RockYou breach; $250k fine for breaching COPPA

Posted on March 27, 2012 by Dissent

The RockYou breach, disclosed in December 2009, stands as the 10th largest breach on DataLossDB’s counter after 32 million login credentials were compromised. A civil suit, Claridge v. RockYou, is still unsettled, although a proposed settlement was submitted to the court in November 2011. Previous coverage on this breach can be found here. Now the FTC…

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