Maddie Hanna reports: Inmates at the state prison in Concord gained unauthorized access to a Department of Corrections computer network, but prison officials have not determined whether they viewed, stole or changed any records. The security breach, the first of its kind at the prison, involved computers used by about 20 inmates in the prison’s…
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UK: Police Security Tightened After Assange Supporter ‘Steals’ Data
Tom Brewster reports: Police security measures have been increased, after a hacker claimed to have stolen logins and passwords from two forces’ websites, apparently as part of the campaign on behalf of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Both Hertfordshire and Nottinghamshire police forces confirmed to TechWeekEurope that they were investigating the claims, made by a hacker purportedly protesting for…
50 busted in Shanghai for stealing and selling personal info (updated)
Zha Minjie reports: Shanghai police said today that they have bust a criminal ring that sold personal information to businesses for illegal gains. Police detained 50 suspects and found nearly 200 million pieces of personal information, such as cellphone numbers and home addresses, in their computers. One suspect surnamed Zhang took advantage of his assignment…
CabinCr3w member sentenced to 27 months in prison (updated)
Steven Kreytak reports that a Galveston man was sentenced by a federal judge to 27 months in federal prison for hacking into computers of the Texas Department of Public Safety, the Alabama Department of Public Safety, Houston County, Alabama and the West Virginia Chiefs of Police Association. Higinio O. Ochoa III, who pleaded guilty in…
CA: Clerk arrested for allegedly leaking confidential, sealed federal files
Rina Palta reports: An FBI undercover officer allegedly bought sealed documents from the court clerk’s husband. Nune Gevorkyan was caught in a sting for allegedly leaking files. According to the FBI, an undercover agent approached Gevorkyan’s husband, Oganes Koshkaryan, about purchasing information from confidential, sealed federal files. Koshkaryan later returned with information on pending arrest…
UK: Essex council security breach exposes 400 to identity theft
A major security breach at Essex County Council has exposed 400 vulnerable people to identity theft and led to the dismissal of an employee. Names, addresses and financial information about people in “substantial” and “critical” need of care were sent from the Adults Health and Community Wellbeing Department to a computer outside of County Hall….