Kelley Shannon provides an update on one of the biggest breaches in 2011: The taxpayer tab for individual credit monitoring after a data breach in Comptroller Susan Combs’ office has topped $600,000, and Combs’ campaign is paying extra to resolve routine credit glitches in some cases. Though investigations continue into the data exposure revealed in…
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Hacker Says He Compromised Intel, Gained Private Info
Kevin Parrish reports: A hacker using the pseudonyms “Weedgrower” and “X-pOSed” is claiming that he compromised Intel and obtained sensitive data by using a flaw in the subscriber segment of Intel’s web site. With access to the Intel.com database, the hacker claims he can retrieve sensitive information like credit card numbers, social security numbers, email…
C.D. Peacock sues IT firm over network breach
Wailin Wong reports: Chicago jeweler C.D. Peacock has sued a suburban information-technology consulting firm, alleging that the company’s negligence allowed hackers to access confidential customer financial data. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court. According to C.D. Peacock’s complaint, it hired Oak Brook-based BridgePoint Technologies for IT-related services in August 2009. In…
Hacker attacks restaurant supplier and alternative dispute resolution center
A hacker known as Visi0nZ has dumped 307 customers’ data from Andy Catering Equipment Ltd. in London: first and last names, e-mail and postal addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and plain-text passwords. The hack was revealed on Monday. RSI’s Court ADR Resource Center was also attacked on Monday. The names, postal addresses, phone and…
MN: Global financial fraud case goes to trial in Minneapolis
Dan Browning covers what sounds like a huge fraud ring prosecution: A world map splattered with red dots shows the reach of a massive identity-theft case that went to trial this week in federal court in Minneapolis. Jurors will hear testimony about what prosecutors describe as a sophisticated international conspiracy that stole and counterfeited thousands…
IN: AG Investigates Cardinal Fitness Dumped Documents
I love when local media report on breaches and the state then investigates. Here’s another example: Deputy Attorney General Chuck Taylor launched an investigation after a Dumpster containing credit card numbers and receipts was found sitting outside a closed Indianapolis fitness center. Viewers first contacted RTV6 when the discarded personal information was found outside of…