It appears that Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) is doubling down on trying to throw employees under the bus in the wake of its 2013 breach affecting 2.5 million. According to a web site created by the attorney for the employees: The MCCCD Administration is accusing Mr. Corzo of not doing a job that wasn’t his…
Category: Hack
DEI notifies clients after third party web host notifies them of two breaches
Dennis East International (DEI) reports that its website, which is hosted by Omeganet of Georgia (a/k/a/ CAMEO EZ) experienced two recent security breaches. The first incident affects some customers (who are all retailers) who placed orders on DEI’s website between June 1 and June 13 of this year. Omeganet informed DEI that some customers may…
AU: Catch of the Day Hacked Three Years Ago, Personal Details Stolen
Campbell Phillips reports on what appears to be a large breach involving an Australian e-tailer: Accounts registered with CatchOfTheDay before May 7, 2011 have been compromised according to a recent email to all of the business’ subscribers. As the email states, the breach occurred in early 2011 and is described as an “illegal cyber intrusion,…
Ca: Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes, accused in CRA Heartbleed hack, due in court
CBC News reports: The Western University student charged in a security breach of Revenue Canada‘s website is scheduled to make his first appearance in an Ottawa courtroom today. Stephen Arthuro Solis-Reyes, 19, of London, Ont., is charged with one count of unauthorized use of a computer and one count of mischief in relation to data…
Supposed ‘leader’ of LulzSec, ‘Aush0k,’ pleads guilty to hacking, hubris
From the how-much-can-we-hype-this-before-they-catch-on dept.: Richard Chirgwin reports: Matthew Flannery, once paraded by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) as the “leader” of international hacking collective LulzSec, has pleaded guilty to the five remaining charges against him, in Gosford Local Court. […] The only victim of his work identified in public was the Narrabri Shire Council in the Australian…
Unclear whether OPM hackers accessed feds’ names
NextGov reports: The Office of Personnel Management is not required to tell employees whether attackers who recently breached a human resources database saw their names. The hackers, believed to be from China, apparently wanted files on staff who have applied for top-secret security clearances, The New York Times previously reported. OPM and the Department of Homeland Security — the…