Dave Lewis’s head is exploding. Understandably. Not only did Watermark Retirement Communities, Inc. fail to adequately secure customers’ personal information – including their date of birth and Social Security numbers- but they pulled out the old chestnuts of “the laptop was password protected” and “the thieves just likely wanted the hardware” pseudo-reassurances. Davis writes: From…
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DK: Police were warned during hacker attack
AJ reports on a breach that allegedly involved a Danish hacker and Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Wargi: Denmark’s most devastating hacker attack could have been prevented from escalating if the national police Rigspolitiet and the IT company CSC had reacted to a critical report by Deloitte in June 2012, Politiken reports. By the time…
BBC’s Panorama team loses confidential information relating to a secret British Army unit
Ian Burrell reports: Highly sensitive and confidential information relating to a secret British Army unit which is alleged to have shot unarmed civilians in Northern Ireland has been “lost” by the BBC’s investigative team on the Panorama programme. The material, which includes information on former soldiers from the controversial Military Reaction Force, leaked out following…
FL: Tampa woman gets prison in credit card fraud ring that targeted International Plaza
Tampa Bay Times reports: A judge sentenced a Tampa woman to seven years in federal prison for her role in an identity theft ring that stole credit card numbers from stores at International Plaza, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Tuesday. Authorities said Danay Crespo-Rodriguez, 25, was part of a credit card fraud ring led by…
Boston man charged in Twitter hack
SAN JOSE – Cameron Lacroix was charged today in San Jose with hacking Zendesk, a San Francisco company that provides helpdesk support to numerous companies, including Twitter, announced U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Johnson. According to the criminal information, Lacroix, 25, of New Bedford, Mass., hacked into Zendesk’s…
Dozens Of Restaurants Hit By New Payment Card Hacks
Jeanne Price reports: Phishing emails, lax security or a previously unknown software flaw could turn out to be the cause of the latest eatery data breach. This one hit a number of prominent restaurants in the Pacific Northwest after hackers gained access a Point Of Sale (POS) system created by Information Systems & Supplies (ISS) of Vancouver,…