Alastair Stevenson reports: The hacker collective Anonymous has released a fresh batch of data taken from Vanguard Defense Industries, a Pentagon and FBI contractor. […] Anonymous later said the e-mails belong to the contractor’s senior vice president, Richard T. Garcia, and contained information regarding “internal meeting notes and contracts, schematics, non-disclosure agreements, personal information about…
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Business owners report theft of computer data: University Heights Police Blotter
The co-owners of Chocolate Emporium, at the Cedar-Green Plaza, reported the theft of computer data by a former employee Aug. 8. The owners said the suspect, a Silsby Road man, 24, was hired to work there Jan. 31, and they had hoped to retire and sell the business to him. He was shown a computer…
Some Iowa inmates could have seen guards’ data
KGAN in Iowa reports: Starting a new program for inmates at an Iowa correctional facility could turn out to be a horrible deal for prison employees. Personal information about the guards may have made to the inmates. An unwanted letter in Saturday’s mail has Steve Gray worried about identity theft. “Name and social security number…
Yale notifies 43,000 that their Social Security Numbers were exposed (updated)
A Yale Alumnus posted the following: If you get an “oops” letter from Yale about your Social Security number having been compromised, you are not alone. University spokesman Tom Conroy provides the following statement: Yale University is notifying 43,000 individuals that a 1999 computer file containing their names and Social Security numbers was inadvertently made…
BART Police database hacked
Graham Cluley reports a second breach involving the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART): A database belonging to the BART Police Officers Association appears to have been hacked, and the names, postal and email addresses of officers posted online. Just over 100 officers are listed in the document, in what is clearly a serious security breach….
Update on Gallatin, TN card fraud
Law enforcement continues to shield the name of a breached business in Gallatin, Tennessee, even though they acknowledge that past customers might still become victims. Sarah Kingsbury reports, in part: To date, Gallatin police have received 203 fraud reports related to the outbreak, with the majority of charges showing up on bank and credit card…