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Data Loss Results in Convicted Murderer Getting a Re-trial

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Dissent

From Damien: It has been confirmed that Randy Chavianowho, who was sentenced to life in prison in 2009 after being convicted of second degree murder will be given a new trial. Chavianowho, who is from Florida, USA, was found guilty of fatally shooting Carlos Acosta. Lawyers who were working on an appeal case discovered that…

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Zappos hacked; notifying 24+ million Zappos.com and 6pm.com customers of breach and to reset passwords

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Dissent

Online retailer Zappos has been hacked.  Its CEO, Tony Hsieh, posted a copy of an email notification explaining the breach to all employees with a copy of the email notification sent to customers: The following email was sent to our employees today: Subject: Important – Security Dear Zappos Employees – Please set aside 20 minutes to carefully…

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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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