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NY: Hacker stole $378,000 from town account, sent it to Ukraine

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Dissent

Michael Valkys reports: A computer hacker broke into a Town of Poughkeepsie bank account and stole $378,000 by transferring the money to banks in Ukraine, Supervisor Patricia Myers said Wednesday. Ending two weeks of silence about the incident, Myers read a statement before the Town Board’s meeting at Town Hall. She said four illegal transfers…

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Hackers Try to Steal $150,000 from United Way

Posted on February 4, 2010 by Dissent

Brian Krebs writes: Hackers broke into computer systems at a Massachusetts chapter of the United Way last month and attempted to make off with more than $150,000 from one of the nation’s largest charities. Patricia Latimore, chief financial officer at the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimac Valley, said unknown attackers tried to initiate…

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Report Details Hacks Targeting Google, Others

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Dissent

Kim Zetter reports: It’s been three weeks since Google announced that it and numerous other U.S. companies were targeted in a recent sophisticated and coordinated hack attack dubbed Operation Aurora. Until now we’ve only known that the attackers got in through a vulnerability in Internet Explorer and that they obtained intellectual property and access to…

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NM: Credit theft sours winery experience

Posted on February 3, 2010 by Dissent

Ashley Meeks reports: It certainly wasn’t the wine or the bowtie pasta at St. Clair Winery & Bistro that left a bad taste in Bianca Villani’s mouth. It was the call from Visa, informing her that someone in Maryland was trying to put hundreds of dollars of purchases on her card and the cards of…

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Data breach: Trail points to China in Iowa computer hack

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Dissent

William Petroski reports: Iowa investigators suspect a serious breach of a state government computer database last week originated in China, which a congressional panel says has increased its use of cyber espionage tactics. The hackers gained access to a computer system operated by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. The breach allowed access to personal…

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Iowa racetrack and casino employee data on hacked server

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Dissent

The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission said Friday that its database containing licensing information of racetrack and casino employees had been compromised after a firewall was breached by an outside Internet address. A news release issued by the commission said that the breach took place Tuesday when one of the firewalls “was circumvented due to…

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