AP reports: The manager of a St. Louis public housing complex has been indicted on two felony charges for allegedly conspiring to steal Social Security numbers and other personal information from prospective tenants. Federal prosecutors say 42-year-old Marsha Harrington worked with co-defendants Calvin Shaw and Larry Corner to use the stolen information to file false tax returns. Harrington is manager of the Clinton-Peabody housing…
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Eircom urges email users to change passwords after security breach
Adrian Weckler reports: Eircom has suffered a security breach, leading to the suspension of email services to 350,000 Eircom.net accounts over the last 18 hours. The company is now urging its email users to change their passwords. A company spokesman said that the breach was detected on Tuesday. Read more on Independent.ie.
Alleged ‘Anonymous’ Computer Hacker Charged with 18 Counts of Cyberstalking
A federal grand jury has returned a second superseding indictment against Fidel Salinas, 27, of Donna, adding additional attempted computer hacking charges and 18 counts of cyberstalking, announced U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. According to the criminal complaint originally filed in the case, Salinas is allegedly linked to the computer hacking group Anonymous. With the return…
Target Appoints New Chief Information Officer, Outlines Updates on Security Enhancements
Press release from today: Today Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) announced the company has hired a new technology leader to help guide the company’s information technology transformation. Target also provided details on additional security enhancements the company has made following its 2013 data breach, and shared plans to incorporate MasterCard chip-and-PIN technology across its REDcard portfolio….
Almost 10,000 potentially affected by Snelling Staffing breach
More information is now available on the Snelling Staffing breach that had me confused. There’s still no explanation as to why a former employee had employee information on their home computer where it might have remained undetected if it were not for the databreach, but we now know that 9,757 individuals were potentially affected by…
AOL traces mystery spam flood to security breach; passwords and more stolen
Jared Newman reports: AOL is asking users to reset their passwords as it investigates a recent flurry of spam e-mails. According to Reuters, the uptick in AOL spam is related to a security breach that affected roughly 2 percent of users. Hackers made off with e-mail addresses, mailing addresses, encrypted passwords, and encrypted security questions. AOL…