Journal Staff reports: River Trails School Dist. 26 officials said they became aware Wednesday (July 31) of a data breach that occurred last November affecting student information dating back to 1997. According to Dist. 26 Supt. Nancy Wagner, the district received a letter from Pearson, a British-owned education publishing and assessment service for schools and…
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Pearson Hack Exposed Details on Thousands of U.S. Students
Parmy Olson reports that while Pearson may be trying to implant the idea that 13,000 students were affected by its recently disclosed breach, the number may actually be much, much higher. Allan Cunningham, the information-security officer for Washoe County School District in Nevada, said he learned from Pearson that the breach affected data of 114,000…
Never count your Equifax chicken$ before… well, you know
If you had a gleam in your eye thinking about how you might get $125 from Equifax as part of their settlement, guess again. The FTC announced today that so many people had already filed claims that Equifax wouldn’t have enough money to pay everyone, so …… the FTC says to take the free credit…
Dozens of Government Websites Defaced by “VandaTheGod” Hacktivists
Ashley Claster reports from Randolph County, North Carolina: An international hacker group named “Vanda The God” hacked the Randolph County government’s website, according to the county. The hackers replaced the home page with a vulgar anti-government message. The investigation is now in the hands of homeland security. Read more on Spectrum News. The county’s IT…
Seattle woman charged in Capital One breach may have data from other companies
Mike Snider reports: A Seattle woman who is charged with taking data on more than 100 million customers from Capital One is reportedly a former Amazon Web Services systems engineer who may have accessed data from more companies. Read more on USA Today.
Capital One says data breach affected 100 million credit card applications
Devlin Barrett reports: Capital One, the Virginia-based bank with a popular credit card business, announced Monday that a hacker had accessed about 100 million credit card applications, and investigators say thousands of Social Security and bank account numbers were also taken. The FBI has arrested a Seattle area woman, Paige A. Thompson, on a charge…