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Vodacom exposed some subscriber details after software update; issue fixed

Posted on November 1, 2014 by Dissent

On October 27, Business Tech reported: Vodacom is providing information which uniquely identifies you as a subscriber to websites you visit while on its data network. This was revealed by an online tool created by security researcher, Kenneth White. Among the data, Vodacom subscribers are inadvertently providing to web servers their phone number and a…

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USIS’s late notification? (updated)

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Dissent

Readers may recall that US Investigations Services, LLC, the contractor who conducted personnel background checks for the Department of Homeland Security, detected a hack in June. The breach affected 27,000 DHS employees. For some reason, USIS is now first sending a copy of a notification letter to the California Attorney General’s web site and to the New…

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McDonald’s worker caught skimming

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Dissent

WSB-TV reports that an alert customer in Roswell caught a McDonald’s worker skimming her card.  Nice point about watching and staying alert when you hand someone your card.

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Pirate Bay Founder Convicted on Hacking Charges; Sentenced to 3.5 Years

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Dissent

Following up on a news story posted yesterday:  Over on Wired, Kim Zetter has additional details on the trial and conviction of Pirate Bay co-founder Gottrid Svartholm Warg.  

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Retailers accuse credit unions of talking smack about card breaches

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Dissent

Sean Gallagher reports: Reeling from the bad press associated with an ongoing parade of data breaches caused by criminal infiltration of their payment systems, representatives of six retail industry associations signed a joint open letter that pushes back against a vocal critic of retailers’ cyber-security practices—credit union associations. In the letter addressed to the presidents of…

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Chinese engineer to plead guilty in theft of GE Healthcare trade secrets

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Dissent

Bruce Vielmetti reports: A Chinese engineer charged with stealing trade secrets and confidential information from a GE Healthcare subsidiary in Waukesha has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Jun Xie, 41, will plead guilty to one count of stealing trade secrets, according to federal court records. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years…

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