The Town of Essex in Massachusetts has posted a notice to its web site that some records of the Essex Youth Commission are “presently unaccounted for.” Based on the Town’s ongoing investigation such documents and computer files are believed to include, but not be limited-to, records relating to the Essex Youth Commission Summer Program and…
Category: U.S.
Malware used in Jason’s Deli showing up elsewhere
As a small follow-up to the Jason’s Deli breach in Tennessee, Jody Callahan of The Commercial Appeal reported that up to 300 customers were affected by the breach. The malware, which had been described as a never seen before variant of an older virus has also now reportedly shown up in Seattle and San Francisco.
CT: Hacker stole $87,000 from Putnam school account
A computer hacker last year stole more than $87,000 from the Putnam Public School department’s payroll account, according to information released Friday by the superintendent of schools. The FBI and Putnam police have been working for more than a year to solve the case. Superintendent of Schools William Hull released information about the investigation in…
College Data Breaches Underscore Higher Ed Security Challenges
Brian Prince reports: Reports surfaced this week that the University of Virginia fell victim to a cyber-attack that stole nearly $1 million. Unfortunately for administrators at colleges and universities, their institutions are just as vulnerable to data breach woes as enterprises. According to reports, attackers used malware to steal online banking credentials for accounts belonging…
KCI working to contain employee data breach
David Hendricks reports: San Antonio-based Kinetic Concepts Inc. was offering credit monitoring and other identity-theft prevention services to its U.S. employees Thursday after an inadvertent e-mail containing an attachment listing employees’ vital information was sent internally Wednesday, a KCI spokesman said Thursday. The e-mail’s attachment listed names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and…
Faculty, staff ID threatened
Sarah Krimm reports: At 8:55 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 26 an e-mail containing the Social Security number, driver’s license number, and first and last name of 2,484 full and part-time ASU [Arkansas State University] employees was sent to 144 ASU e-mail addresses. This information breach has raised concern among affected faculty, as identity theft becomes…