Cho Mu-hyun reports: The shocking figure of over 106 million privacy breaches was unveiled by a report of data leaks between 2010 to 2014 filed by the Korea Communication Commission (KCC) to the National Assembly during the yearly government audit of ministries. The figure means that each person has, on average, had his or her…
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Hacker: 2 Ivy League Schools Vulnerable to a Serious Data Breach
Byron Acohido reports; Ethical hacker Bryan Seely of Seattle-based Seely Security showed how MBIA has long been exposing details of municipal bond and investment management accounts in a way that made it easy for criminals to transfer funds from existing accounts into newly created ones they control. There’s no evidence any theft took place, only because the…
Did MCCCD leadership shut their eyes to a database security assessment for plausible deniability in litigation?
A former Maricopa County Community College District employee alleges executive leadership closed their eyes to a report on their database security conducted after their massive data breach in 2013 so they would have plausible deniability in any litigation. As a result, the employee alleges, the findings were never shared with those tasked with securing MCCCD’s data assets. In November…
Experian: credit data ‘very secure’
Presumably with a straight face, Marni Usheroff reports on an interview with Craig Boundy, Experian North America CEO: Q. Does Experian actually hold onto your data? Does it have a storage facility where it is held? A. All the information that we store is held on computer servers in very secure – both physically and information security…
Is the precedent set for when a contractor gets breached?
Drew Hansen reports: As we reported, the Office of Personnel Management’s decision not to renew two contracts with Falls Chuch-based US Investigations Services LLC led to the loss of 2,500 jobs. But it might also have set a precedent for how government handles contractor breaches. As a reminder, in July, the background checks division at USIS was…
8000+ Hacker Disclaimers
Courtesy of Cryptome.org, the language companies use in their SEC filings if you search for “hacker:” https://searchwww.sec.gov/EDGARFSClient/jsp/EDGAR_MainAccess.jsp?search_ text=hacker&sort=Date&startDoc=1&numResults=10&isAdv=false&formType=1& fromDate=mm/dd/yyyy&toDate=mm/dd/yyyy Search for “hacker” 1 – 20 of over 8000+ results (includes those named “Hacker”)