Here’s a follow-up to a breach previously noted on this blog: Tim McGlone reports that the leader of a credit card skimming operation who enlisted an employee of McDonald’s on Norfolk Naval Station in Virginia was sentenced today to seven years in federal prison. Read more on The Virginian-Pilot. Thanks to Information Privacy Professionals for…
Category: U.S.
SLC Police Department hack: hackers delete their own files after reiterating pledge not to expose residents’ personal info
Hacktivism raises all kinds of ethical issues. In an unusual move, hackers responsible for the hack of the Salt Lake City Police Department have deleted their copies of some of the files they had acquired from the PD’s web site. In announcing the hack on Tuesday, the hackers known as Kahuna and CabinCr3w indicated that…
Why Are We Only Finding Out About the VeriSign Security Breach Now?
Keith Wagstaff gives voice to the question many of us were asking yesterday, “Why Are We Only Finding Out About the VeriSign Security Breach Now?” Read his commentary on Time.
PA: Printing Company Accidentally Releases SSN’s In Derry Twp.
WGAL reports that Security Savings Systems of New Cumberland mailed 1099-G forms to taxpayers that exposed others’ Social Security numbers: On Tuesday, taxpayers in Derry Township received sheets of paper in the mail with the information of two taxpayers on it. These 1099-G forms list the amount of the person’s tax refund that they received…
OH: Greene Co. website hacked; users warned
Mark Gokavi reports: Greene County residents who have used an email address, user name and password on any Greene County website may want to change that information in other applications because the county’s web server was hacked into Monday night. Greene County Auditor David Graham said the breach at about 9:30 p.m. Monday did not…
Salt Lake City Police Department hacked in “OpPiggyBank” (updated)
A hack of the Salt Lake City Police Department this week has raised concerns after hackers claimed to have acquired information that might jeopardize the identities of confidential informants and operations. On Tuesday, the hackers, known as @CabinCr3w and @ItsKahuna on Twitter, dumped some data on PasteBin and PasteBaythat included 1,073 names, usernames, e-mail addresses,…