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HEI Hotels & Resorts notifies customers of POS compromise (updated)

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Dissent

Lawyers for Connecticut-based HEI Hospitality (HEI Hotels & Resorts) have informed the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that HEI discovered that a “vulnerability in an information system at certain of its hotel properties may have been exploited, and credit card information related to certain transactions occurring between March 25 and April 17, 2010 may have…

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Update: Funds stolen from University of Virginia recovered

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Dissent

Just saw this update to the breach involving the University of Virginia College at Wise: Jordan Fifer of The Highland Cavalier, the student newspaper for UVa, wrote on Sept. 4: College administrators would not comment on specific details of the incident. Kathy Still, the college’s director of news and media relations, said the money stolen…

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UK hacker fined for personnel database mischief

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Dissent

John Leyden reports: A court has ordered a UK hacker to pay compensation after he used a purloined laptop to hack into his ex-employer’s personnel database. Colin Parker, 31, gained unauthorised access to staff contracts containing salary details and emailed this to around 400 workers at his ex-employer, CHI and Partners. Parker’s attempt to create…

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Eastern Michigan University investigating computer security breach, employee banking information may be compromised

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Dissent

Stefanie Murray reports: An Eastern Michigan University computer server was hacked into late Friday, potentially exposing employees’ direct deposit banking information, some university passwords and personal identification numbers, according to an e-mail sent to the EMU community tonight. The security breach occurred about 11:30 p.m. Friday, according to the e-mail, and was discovered Saturday by…

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Heartland Payment Systems, Discover Agree To $5 Mln Intrusion Settlement

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Dissent

Heartland Payment Systems said it reached a settlement agreement with Discover Financial Services (DFS) related to the 2008 criminal intrusion of Heartland’s payment system environment. Under the agreement, Heartland would pay Discover $5 million, resolving all issues related to the 2008 intrusion. “This settlement marks our final agreement with a card brand related to the…

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NZ: University warns students on hacking

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Dissent

Jared Savage reports: University students have been warned to watch out for anyone trying to steal their identity after a computer server holding personal information was hacked. An email sent this week by Stephen Whiteside, at the University of Auckland, said unauthorised parties had accessed a single server holding information such as name, date of…

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