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Tempering justice with mercy?

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Dissent

A number of people have commented on Twitter and on this blog that the young man who was arrested for breaching the Houston Healthcare database should have been thanked and/or hired. If this were 1983, I might agree with them, but I found myself taking a harder line about the breach as it was not…

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Thames Valley District hacker: “I did it to prove to people that their information isn’t as secure as they think”

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Dissent

Norman De Bono updates the story on the Thames Valley District hack: The board’s student portal was hacked, and Facebook quickly became rife with reports it was the work of a 16-year-old, Lucan-area student in Grade 11 at Medway high school in Arva. In Facebook message exchanges, someone purporting to be the youth said he…

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Ca: Hacker wreaks havoc on Thames board website

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Dissent

Norman De Bono reports: A computer hacker breached security on the Thames Valley District school board’s website, meaning marks and timetables for 27,000 students – a small city of teenagers – could be accessed. The board has called in police and said the system was shut down “within an hour,” with no chance marks could…

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Accused hacker granted bond in Houston Healthcare case

Posted on October 21, 2010 by Dissent

Becky Purser follows up on a breach first reported yesterday: A 21-year-old computer consultant accused of hacking into Houston Healthcare’s database was granted a $10,000 conditional bond Thursday in Houston County Superior Court. Christopher Stewart Wheeler of Warner Robins, who is charged with one count of theft by taking, four counts of computer theft and five…

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How not to get a job: Computer consultant accused of hacking into Houston Healthcare database

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Dissent

Becky Purser reports: A 21-year-old computer consultant is accused of hacking into Houston Healthcare’s database. Christopher Stewart Wheeler of Warner Robins was charged with one count of theft by taking, four counts of computer theft and five counts of computer invasion of privacy, according to the Houston County District Attorney’s Office website. District Attorney Rabb…

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University of North Florida: over 106,000 being notified of hack from outside of U.S.

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Dissent

The University of North Florida has issued this statement on its website: Impacted individuals being notified Between September 24, 2010 and September 29, 2010, a UNF file containing the personal information of high school and college students (and others interested in UNF) may have been accessed by unauthorized persons outside the United States.  While immediate steps…

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