Chicago-based Assisted Living Concepts, LLC and its subsidiaries own and/or operate 200 assisted living facilities in 20 states. ALC uses an external vendor to process its payroll for its employees. On February 14, the vendor notified ALC that they had detected unauthorized access to ALC’s payroll database. Investigation revealed that ALC’s login credentials had been…
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Costs continue to mount in MCCCD breach
While I continue to wade through materials sent to this site concerning the Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) breach, Mary Beth Faller has an update on the costs of the breach: The cost to deal with the breach in the computer system at the Maricopa County Community College District could total $17.1 million, with most…
Sands Update: Hackers stole personal information of tens of thousands of Pennsylvania casino patrons
Hannah Dreier of Associated Press reports: Computer hackers stole the personal information of tens of thousands of Las Vegas Sands customers during a data breach earlier this month, the casino company said Friday. The company said in a regulatory filing that information about some patrons at its Bethlehem, Pa., hotel-casino was compromised during the Feb….
Jail time for university hacker who changed his grades to straight As
John Hawes reports: A former student of Purdue University in Indiana has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for his part in hacking into college computer systems and changing grades. Roy C. Sun is one of three former Purdue students thought to have been involved in the incident, which occurred between 2008 and 2010 when they…
Sears, Secret Service Said to Investigate Possible Data Breach, but Sears Says There’s No Evidence of Breach
Michael Riley reports: The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a possible security breach at Sears Holdings Corporation, after a series of cyber attacks on retailers that have exposed the credit-card data of millions of U.S. consumers, according to a person familiar with the investigation. Read more on Bloomberg.com. The Chicago Tribune has a response from…
UK man charged with hacking US Federal Reserve
Grant Gross reports: A British man faces new charges in the U.S. for allegedly hacking into the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank’s servers and stealing names, email addresses and other personal information of the bank’s computer users. Lauri Love, already facing charges in New Jersey and Virginia, is now charged with one count of computer hacking and one…