Iain Thomson reports: Three high school juniors have been arrested after they devised a sophisticated hacking scheme to up their grades and make money selling quiz answers to their classmates. The students are accused of breaking into the janitor’s office of California’s Palos Verdes High School and making a copy of the master key, giving…
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NE: Student Allegedly Admits Hacking School’s Computer Network
Channel 6 News has obtained a copy of a search warrant that was issued for a Millard High School. The document details how a student used an application on his cell phone to hack into the school’s computer network. According to court documents, the Horizon High School student was then able have official, private school…
IN: IU Information Security responds to hacking of President’s Challenge website
Kirsten Clark reports: Last semester the President’s Challenge website tracked IU [Indiana University] employees’ nutrition and exercise progress throughout their participation in the Healthy IU fitness competition. On Jan. 19, those same IU employees received an email from President’s Challenge officials delivering some alarming news. “We are writing to inform you about a security issue…
FL: Customer credit cards compromised at restaurant
Stephanie Kolp reports: At least eight people say they’re the victim of credit card fraud. And the one thing they all have in common is that they all ate at the same restaurant in December. Anthony Valerio was one of those victims. “I realized there was a $77 charge to my account and I didn’t…
Tide fans ordering from Bamastuff.com may have had credit card information stolen
Yvonne T. Betowt reports: University of Alabama fans who bought items from Bamastuff.com between Aug. 1, 2009, and Jan. 16, 2012, are being alerted to contact their banks for possible illegal and unauthorized use of their credit cards. Bamastuff.com has sent out email notifications informing customers about a breach in its database, which was discovered…
Euronet faces first criminal computer breach of secure payment data
Alyson Raletz reports: Euronet Worldwide Inc., a Leawood company that provides secure payment services, has reported a criminal computer security breach. Euronet (Nasdaq: EEFT) said the breach targeted a “small portion” of its European business in late 2011, according a Monday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Read more on Kansas City Business Journal.