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UConn Customer Database Hacked (updated)

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Dissent

Bob Connors reports: UConn is warning thousands of customers who bought items on it’s HuskiesDirect.com HuskyDirect.com website that their personal information may have been exposed in a data security breach. A hacker obtained access to the HuskiesDirect.com HuskyDirect.com database containing billing information for 18,000 customers. The website is used by people to buy sports gear from…

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2,000 affected in Fine Gael data breach (update2)

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Dissent

Last week, I posted a news story on PogoWasRight.org that discussed whether the web site of an Irish political party, Fine Gael, might be breaching privacy laws.   In a separate development, it seems that the site has now had a security breach: Fine Gael has confirmed that the contact details of just under 2,000…

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Periodontist’s server hacked, patients notified

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Dissent

A periodontist from Germantown, Maryland has notified HHS of a security breach that affected 1,000 patients. A web site about the breach, created by ID Experts, describes the incident: On October 14, 2010, when the computer system of the dental Practice of Gary C. Spinks, DMD, PC, shut down, the Practice learned that a hacker had…

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Alleged Miley Cyrus Hacker Arrested

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Dissent

Robert McMillan reports: The 21-year-old hacker who boasted about breaking into Miley Cyrus’ Gmail account and posting racy photographs of the teenage star has been arrested in Tennessee on fraud charges. The arrest comes more than two years after U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents raided Joshua Holly’s home looking for evidence in the case….

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Attackers walk with 4.9 million customer records in Honda breach

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Dissent

Steve Ragan reports: Is Honda the latest victim of the Silverpop data breach? According to reports, American Honda Motor Company recently discovered that 2.2 million customers were impacted by a data breach exposing the Owner Link email list maintained by an outsourced vendor. In addition, a further 2.7 million records were lost when the My…

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American Honda Motor Co – Customer Info Exposed

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Dissent

Rafal Los writes: Alright, so Honda’s web sites didn’t actually get hacked, but like McDonalds they are on the receiving end of a lump of coal in their stocking for Christmas. A post on Honda’s “Piloteers.org” website for Honda Pilot owners hints at a data breach at a vendor maintaining a mailing list for customer of My Acura…

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