Ron Zeitlinger reports: Four Jersey City high school students have been charged after authorities say they accessed the public school district’s computer system and changed grades for some students, The Jersey Journal has learned. According to a source in the school district, board of education members were notified by email Friday afternoon that four Dickinson…
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Prosecutors recommend prison sentence in ‘celebgate’ hacking case
AP reports: Federal prosecutors have recommended a sentence of nearly three years in prison for a former Virginia high school teacher convicted of hacking into private digital accounts of celebrities and others. Christopher Brannan pleaded guilty in October to aggravated identity theft and unauthorized access to a protected computer. He was the fifth person charged…
Tax Returns Exposed in TurboTax Credential Stuffing Attacks
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Financial software company Intuit discovered that tax return info was accessed by an unauthorized party after an undisclosed number of TurboTax tax preparation software accounts were breached in a credential stuffing attack. A credential stuffing attack is when attackers compile username and passwords that were leaked from previous security breaches and use those credentials to try and…
VT: Rutland Regional Medical Center notifies patients after employee email accounts hacked
On Feb. 20, Rutland Regional Medical Center in Vermont posted a notice on its web site that says, in pertinent part: Rutland Regional Medical Center (“Rutland Regional”) recently discovered an incident that may affect the security of personal information of certain individuals who received care from its facility. We take this incident very seriously, and…
California CPA firm notifies clients after falling for a tech support scam
I’ve been told that at times, I can be tough on those who have had breaches. But I actually do feel sympathy for some victims. Read this notification from Martin Hutchison & Hohman, a firm of certified public accountants in Eureka, California. I found it actually painful to read. When conscientious people fall for scams,…
IRS employee charged with unlawful disclosure of SARs: Analyst Provided Information to a Los Angeles Attorney and a New York Reporter
SAN FRANCISCO – A federal criminal complaint, filed on February 4, 2019, was unsealed in San Francisco today, charging John C. Fry with unlawful disclosure of Suspicious Activity Reports, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and United States Department of the Treasury, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), Special Agent in Charge Rod…