Julia L. Ryan reports: During the transfer of Harvard @college email accounts to new Google hosted accounts, a handful of students received emails from individuals who share their surname, raising privacy concerns for some who chose to switch email systems. Thousands of students have successfully accessed their new Google hosted @college email accounts, and fewer…
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TX: Hackers tap EPISD system: Student, employee information, including Social Security numbers, compromised
Daniel Borunda reports: The private information of thousands of El Paso Independent School District students, teachers and other employees is at risk after hackers broke into the district’s internal computer network. The security breach was discovered Wednesday when a computer security company noticed hackers bragging on a website about breaking into the EPISD system. EPISD…
MN: State workers allegedly access private data without permission
KARE reports: Like all drivers with a Minnesota license, Michelle knows the state has her personal information. She gave it when she got the license. But when Michelle received a letter last month from the Department of Human Services she was shocked to learn that a state worker accessed her personal and private information without…
Update: Yellowstone County investigation finds numerous hacking intrusions
In July, Yellowstone County, Montana announced a hack of their web site, which they later said may have exposed personal information. Now Clair Johnson reports: An investigation of intrusions into Yellowstone County’s computer servers showed numerous hacking attempts but no theft of personal information in the two attacks that were analyzed. A preliminary report by AtaData, a…
Oakland man sentenced for aggravated identity theft and credit card fraud
Douglas A. Reeves was sentenced today to eight years and five months in prison and ordered to pay restitution forcredit card fraud and identity theft, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. Reeves pleaded guilty on May 11, 2011, to possession of unauthorized credit card information and aggravated identity theft. According to the plea agreement, in October 2009, Reeves possessed several…
PA: 2 charged in $290,000 identity theft scheme (updated)
Michael Hinkelman reports: Two Philadelphia men, including an employee of a health insurance company, were charged today with stealing the identities of 86 people in a scheme that netted them nearly $290,000, federal authorities said. An indictment alleges that Kenneth C. Osbourne, Jr., 35, used his position as a customer service representative at AmeriHealth Administrators,…