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44 million stolen gaming credentials found in online warehouse

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Dissent

Ellen Messmer reports: Symantec says it has unearthed a server hosting the credentials of 44 million stolen gaming accounts — and one of the most surprising aspects of it is that the accounts were being validated by a Trojan distributed to compromised computers. The purpose of this Trojan-based validation is apparently to figure which credentials…

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City of Charlotte joins list of Towers Watson data loss victims

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Dissent

The City of Charlotte becomes the third entity to reveal that their data were on two DVDs lost by Towers Watson. In April, DataBreaches.net reported that Lorillard Tobacco was notifying employees that their names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers were on two missing DVDs. General Agencies Welfare Benefits Program also reported that…

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LifeLock Worries About Employee’s Personal Data, Asks New Times to Alter Published Police Report

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Dissent

Ray Stern reports: Lame! LifeLock, the so-called identity-theft “protection” company based in Tempe we wrote about last week, called us in a tizzy yesterday — worried about the accidental publication of one its employees’ personal data. This is the type of situation LifeLock would never put in a press release, but we’re more than happy…

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Lincoln: technology issues exposed customer data since 2002

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Dissent

It was a series of technology issues, dating back to 2002, that Lincoln National Life Insurance and Lincoln Life & Annuity say resulted in the potential exposure of personal information of customers to other clients and their agents. In a letter dated May 17 to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office, attorneys for Lincoln explain…

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In aftermath of breach, Principal strengthens its authentication process

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Dissent

In the aftermath of a security breach, Principal Life Insurance strengthened its authentication procedures. On May 14, the Chief Privacy Officer of Principal Financial Group notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that While investigating a few incidents of fraudulent on-line activity, we discovered similar on-line access to other accounts using the same Internet address…

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Reports of San Antonio restaurant hacks may be overblown

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Dissent

When Aldaco’s Stone Oak on Sonterra Blvd. in San Antonio revealed that it had been hacked by someone believed to be overseas, owner Blanca Aldaco stated that they used the most current versions of the Aloha POS by Radiant Systems. Rumors started swirling shortly thereafter that a number of restaurants in the tight-knit restaurant community…

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