Gloves, Inc. d/b/a Galeton, notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office on February 8 that its web site had been the victim of what appeared to be a “brute force attack.” The hackers reportedly were potentially able to access customer information including name, address, credit card number and expiration date. Although the total number of…
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(follow-up) Max Ray Vision sentenced to 13 years, $27.5 million restitution
Joe Mandak of the Associated Press reports that Max Ray Vision, who had more than 1.8 million stolen bank and credit card numbers on computers at his California apartment when he was arrested in 2007, has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $27.5 million in restitution. Previous coverage of…
FL: District investigates computer security breach
The Associated Press reports: The Broward County School District in South Florida is investigating whether students at several schools were able to change grades by hacking into computers. The district said Thursday it had found “several security breaches” with school computer systems. A district spokeswoman told the South Florida Sun-Sentinel officials aren’t sure how many…
Information Technology planning a revision to current security system
The student newspaper at Valdosta State University in Georgia has an article on how the university will be revising their IT security as a result of an audit last year. The story contains reference to a breach the university experienced last year that does not seem to have been reported in the media or the…
Ceridian breach disclosure provides clear timeline
Ceridian’s notification to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office is now available online (pdf). By letter from its attorney dated February 1, it summarizes the time line beginning with it first becoming aware on December 23 of a possible breach when its personnel spotted unusual activity that might indicate a problem. Further investigation indicated unauthorized…
(update) Ceridian computer glitch may have helped hacker
Steve Alexander reports: The hacker who stole information about 27,000 people from payroll processor Ceridian Corp. apparently had some inadvertent help from the company. According to one hacking victim, a Ceridian employee told him that his inactive, 10-year-old payroll data had been stolen because a Ceridian software glitch kept it in the company’s database long…