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Data stolen during hack attack on German parliament, Berlin says

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Dissent

Reuters reports: A spokeswoman for Germany’s lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, confirmed that hackers had managed to steal data during the cyber attack two weeks ago. She described the detection of several data leaks. Details are unclear as to which specific offices the so-called “scattered data outflows” originated from, or what information they contained….

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Yemen Cyber Army dumps visa data from Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Dissent

The Yemen Cyber Army (YCA) has released more data from its hack of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs (previous coverage here and here).  Media sources reported after the first disclosure that Riyadh confirmed the internal Internet network attack but disputed the extent of the hack. At this rate, their protestations might want to be walked…

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MS Sheriff’s Office Employee Used Stolen IDs to File Fraudulent Tax Returns

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Dissent

United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced today that a federal grand jury indicted a Mississippi woman for being part of a scheme to file fraudulent income tax returns using stolen identities and causing the refunds to be mailed to post office boxes in Louisiana. Shannon A. Brumfield, 48, of Byram, Miss., was indicted on…

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Ca: City of Oshawa reports privacy breach after 1,000 recreation user e-mail addresses released

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Dissent

Oshawa This Week reports: Oshawa officials are reporting a privacy breach in the recreation and culture department after a list of e-mail addresses was accidentally released. The breach affects people who authorized the City to contact them and also participated in a 2015 fitness program or registered for aquatics such as swim lessons in 2015….

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CNN sources: IRS believes massive data theft originated in Russia

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Dissent

Chris Frates reports: The IRS believes that a major cyber breach that allowed criminals to steal the tax returns of more than 100,000 people originated in Russia, two sources briefed on the data theft tell CNN. Read more on CNN. If you bet Russia, drink. If you bet China or North Korea, just be patient,…

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Florida releases personal data on 13,000 people, issues ‘fraud’ alert

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Dissent

Steve Bousquet reports: For the second time in two months, Gov. Rick Scott’s administration has acknowledged it inadvertently released confidential personal data of private citizens, prompting the state to offer free credit monitoring services to protect people from being victims of identity theft. The Department of State said it released names, dates of birth and…

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