A federal grand jury has returned a second superseding indictment against Fidel Salinas, 27, of Donna, adding additional attempted computer hacking charges and 18 counts of cyberstalking, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. According to the criminal complaint originally filed in the case, Salinas is allegedly linked to the computer hacking group Anonymous. With the return…
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AOL traces mystery spam flood to security breach; passwords and more stolen
Jared Newman reports: AOL is asking users to reset their passwords as it investigates a recent flurry of spam e-mails. According to Reuters, the uptick in AOL spam is related to a security breach that affected roughly 2 percent of users. Hackers made off with e-mail addresses, mailing addresses, encrypted passwords, and encrypted security questions. AOL…
Hacked Iowa State University Server Used by State Schools
Mike Anderson of McClatchy reports: The brand of servers targeted in an online security breach at Iowa State University is vulnerable to hacking attacks and is used by all three of Iowa’s state universities. ISU has 10 servers manufactured by Taiwanese hardware company Synology, five of which were subject to the attack disclosed Tuesday. The…
Healthcare professionals in North Carolina victims of tax refund fraud
Last May, I reported on a breach affecting patients at Piedmont Healthcare and Presbyterian Anesthesia Associates in North Carolina whose website host, E-dreamz, had been hacked. At the time, I noted that not only patient data but some employee information was involved for Piedmont. Today, Kathryn Burcham of WSOC-TV reports that dozens of Piedmont Healthcare employees…
Iowa State IT staff discover unauthorized access to servers
Posted by Iowa State earlier today: Information technology staff at Iowa State University have discovered a breach affecting five departmental servers on campus. An extensive analysis has revealed the compromised servers contained Social Security numbers of 29,780 students enrolled at Iowa State between 1995 and 2012. There’s no evidence any of the data files were…
University of Virginia, Spokeo, Indiana among eight more sites hacked by NullCrew (update1)
Students and employees of the University of Virginia (UVa) may be scratching their heads today and wondering what UVa can or will do to secure its servers better. The university, which was hacked in 2012 by @AnonAntidote and again in 2013 by a former UVa student known as @R00tTh3B0x, has reportedly been hacked yet again –…