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CA: Viruses stole City College of San Francisco data for over a decade before being detected

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Dissent

Nanette Asimov reports: Personal banking information and other data from perhaps tens of thousands of students, faculty and administrators at City College of San Francisco have been stolen in what is being called “an infestation” of computer viruses with origins in criminal networks in Russia, China and other countries, The Chronicle has learned. At work…

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Vermont tax department says risk of ID theft is minimal after social security numbers posted

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Dissent

From the Burlington Free Press: The Vermont Department of Taxes said Wednesday it has identified all parties who were able to access residents’ social security numbers inadvertently posted online. The last party was identified a day after the tax department said three parties were able to access the numbers. The website displayed the Social Security…

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CA: School Accidentally Throws Out Books and Student Information

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Dissent

Ugh. Dozens of federally-funded books and documents containing families’ personal information were thrown in a dumpster at a elementary school and have been cleared out by school officials. […] There were also boxes filled with personal documents, including applications for free and reduced price meals containing financial information. “Documents that should have been shredded but…

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[CORRECTED AND UPDATED]: “Anonymous Dumps Bank of America client credit card info in #OpBank” – Fiction!

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Dissent

UPDATE:  #OpBank was not a real operation – or at the very least, there’s no indication it has been carried out as reported by media coverage elsewhere.  Earlier today, @Gardenslayer tweeted: #OpBank is NOT a real op, it’s a screening assignment for new @Gardenslayer writers. #BoA was NOT compromised. Similarly, @DiscordiAnon tweeted: @PeterHScrooby your article…

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NY: Bronx cops in file flub

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Dissent

Kirstan Conley reports: Bronx cops disposed of dozens of sensitive files by tossing them in the garbage outside the 40th Precinct station house, where they were fair game for local Dumpster divers. The files — including at least one domestic-violence report, stolen property records, criminal complaints and mug shots — were found yesterday by a…

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Making political hay of the CSLEA hack?

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Dissent

And so the political fallout and fingerpointing begins? Suzanne Phan of News10 in California reports that the Peace Officers of California (POC) are demanding a full legislative investigation of the California State Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) hack by members of Anonymous/AntiSec. Phan identifies POC as a “rival subset” of CSLEA. Jim Sanders elaborates in The…

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