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Pentagon food court computers hacked, exposing employees’ bank information

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Dissent

Jacqueline Klimas reports: Hackers infiltrated the Pentagon food court’s computer system, compromising the bank data of an unknown number of employees. Lt. Col. Tom Crosson, a Defense Department spokesman, said on Tuesday that employees were notified that hackers may have stolen bank account information from people who paid for concessions at the Pentagon with a…

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License to connive: Boston still tracks vehicles, lies about it, and leaves sensitive resident data exposed

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Dissent

Kenneth Lipp reports: Prior to two weeks ago, when this reporter alerted authorities that they had exposed critical data, anyone online was able to freely access a City of Boston automated license plate reader (ALPR) system and to download dozens of sensitive files, including hundreds of thousands of motor vehicle records dating back to 2012. If…

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Ca: Reported Privacy Breach Involving Human Rights Commission

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Dissent

VOCM reports: There are reports of another privacy breach, this time involving the Human Rights Commission, a division of the provincial Department of Justice.  A man in Central Newfoundland says he received a package by registered mail, but instead of the information he was expecting to receive, he got a package intended for another person….

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Hacker Threatens To Sell Hillary Clinton’s Unreleased Private Emails For $500K

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Dissent

RadarOnline reports: Just as email-gate looked to be winding down, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned a person claiming to be a computer specialist has come forward with the stunning news that 32,000 emails from Hillary Clinton‘s private email account are up for sale. The price tag — a whopping $500,000! Promising to give the trove of the former Secretary of…

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UK: HM Revenue & Customs breaches job applicants’ privacy in mass email spaff

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Dissent

Kat Hall reports: HMRC is spewing job applicants’ email addresses to potential rivals in mass circular responses it has blamed on “a technical glitch”. A reader got in touch to report their email address had been circulated to all other applicants in three instances. In an email seen by The Reg, the reader’s address was included…

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Florida Man Sentenced in Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud Scheme

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Dissent

A Miami Gardens resident was sentenced today to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $64,557 for his participation in a stolen identity tax refund fraud scheme involving personal identification information taken from the State of Florida Department of Children and Families…

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