Have I mentioned how valuable it is when states post breach notices online? A reader points me to a new addition to California’s security notices page from the DOJ’s Computer and Technology Crime High-Tech Response Team (C.A.T.C.H.). The incident they are reporting was a hack by those affiliated with Anonymous in 2011: In November 2011,…
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Brian Krebs: Global Payments Breach Fueled Prepaid Card Fraud
Brian Krebs has more on the Global Payments breach and how it fueled prepaid card fraud. You can read his report on Krebs on Security.
York County knew of breach in August 2011 but is first notifying people now??
Yesterday I posted a hack to DataLossDB involving York County, SC based on a news report. Today, I saw another news report and that the first report had been updated. Significantly (to me, anyway), the first report now reads: County officials discovered the intrusion during routine maintenance on Aug. 29, 2011, he said. The server…
High school hack: Teenager suspended for accessing confidential school records and posting them on Facebook
David Collins of The Mirror reports: A teenager hacked into his school’s “secure” database and posted pupils’ disciplinary records on Facebook. Lewis Blessed, 15, was suspended from classes for nine days after revealing confidential staff comments about children who had misbehaved. But his mum Andrea, 43, says the school over-reacted – because her son simply…
Hackers Compromise U Of Arkansas Computer Store Records (updated to include affected U. Maine and U. Rochester)
Hackers broke into a Maine-based computer server and exposed credit card records of more than 1,000 customers at the University of Arkansas Computer Store, school officials said Thursday. The school discovered Tuesday the breach could affect as many as 1,007 computer store customers who made online transactions during the past four years. University officials continue…
Cn: 4 detained in 360buy.com data leak and online thefts
Zhan Jie reports: Four suspects have been detained for obtaining user information illegally from one of China’s largest e-commerce websites and stealing money from its user accounts, Xinhua News Agency reported today. More than 2,000 customers of 360buy.com fell victim to the information leak and lost more than 30,000 yuan (US$4,785) in total, Beijing prosecutors…