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EDITORIAL: LulzSec Targets Elderly in the Wake of Latest Sony Hacks

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Dissent

The Daily Tech published an editorial yesterday. Here’s how it begins: There’s no real winners with the latest Sony hack Sometimes there’s just a story that’s just plain sad all around.  This is arguably the case with the latest hack of Sony Corp (6758), in which the company lost another 1 million user records and hackers…

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AZ: Casa Grande court clerk hid, took home records

Posted on June 5, 2011 by Dissent

Yesterday I updated a breach report on phiprivacy.net where a hospital employee had taken records home… and taken records home… and taken records home. According to hospital investigators, there was no indication that she used them criminally or intended to use them criminally, but the incident points out how many paper records may just “wander”…

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What impact will the Sony and Infragard hacks have?

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Dissent

Chester Wisniewski writes: In a self-titled hack attack called “F**k FBI Friday” the hacking group known as LulzSec has published details on users and associates of the non-profit organization known as Infragard. Infragard describes itself as a non-profit focused on being an interface between the private sector and individuals with the FBI. LulzSec published 180…

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How the Epsilon Breach Hurts Consumers

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Dissent

Yesterday, following the Congressional hearing where Sony and Epsilon testified, we had a bit of a lively – if truncated – debate on Twitter about breach notification. Not surprisingly, George V. Hulme raised the issue of breach notice fatigue and how notifications should be confined to situations where there is some real risk. Also not…

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Global Financial Aid Services reports a completely avoidable security breach

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Dissent

For those who remember the Peter, Paul, and Mary song, feel free to sing along with me:  “When will they ever learn? Oh when will they ever learn?” Global Financial Aid Services of Gulfport, Mississippi recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a laptop containing unencrypted student names, addresses, and Social Security Numbers…

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CA: SF utilities agency warns of potential breach

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Dissent

Elinor Mills reports: The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is warning its customers that their personal data may have been exposed in a recent breach, an SFPUC spokesman told CNET today. SFPUC noticed a few weeks ago that an unsecured server that was storing customer data also had some viruses on it, according to spokesman…

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