Lauren J. Young reports: When PA Online, a former internet service provider based in Enola, Pennsylvania, fired its network administrator Dariusz Prugar in 2010, he left with a serious grudge. There would be revenge. Just days after Prugar was fired for personnel issues, PA Online noticed that its computers and web services were failing. Prugar, a…
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River Cree casino hacked, customer information compromised
CBC News reports: The River Cree casino says it was the victim of a “cyberattack” earlier this week that resulted in the theft of customer and employee information. The casino, on the Enoch Cree First Nation just west of Edmonton, said it discovered the attack on Monday and immediately alerted the RCMP, the Alberta Gaming and…
Topeka business fined $70,000 for dumping personal information in trash
There’s a follow-up to a breach I had noted on this blog in 2014. Release Date: Mar 15, 2016 TOPEKA – (March 15, 2016) – A business that dumped more than 900 files containing unredacted personal information of its customers and others will pay a hefty fine to settle claims that it violated Kansas consumer privacy…
Bailey’s discovers breach more extensive than originally reported
Well, I may have to walk back some of my praise for outdoor gear company Bailey’s after I first read and reported on a payment card breach they discovered and disclosed. The firm has updated its breach disclosure after subsequently discovering that the breach did not begin in September, 2015, and it wasn’t 15,000 affected. According to their…
14,000 LAZ Parking employees have W-2 data stolen
Phillip Molnar reports on yet another breach of employee W-2 data via phishing: The tax and revenue information for roughly 14,000 employees of the third-largest parking company in the nation, which operates in San Diego and Los Angeles, may have been stolen by an “unknown individual,” the company says. LAZ Parking said Tuesday that the…
LitecoinTalk Breach Details Scarce
I have no idea what happened four days ago, even after reading the subreddit, but it looks like litecointalk.org is down. Anyone have additional details? Merkle reports: A worrying announcement was posted on the Litecoin subreddit yesterday, as it turns out unidentified assailants have compromised the LitecoinTalk forums. All users had to reset their passwords…