The 2013 breach at Maricopa County Community College District (MCCCD) in Arizona affected approximately 2.5 million faculty, staff, vendors, and students, making it the largest breach involving student information ever reported by a U.S. institution of higher education. A complaint by this privacy advocate alleges violations of the Safeguards Rule. Having researched and reported on breaches for about…
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Paytime sued over breach
It was only a matter of time, right? idRADAR has the story and a copy of the complaint.
Stratfor hack: what the forensics showed
Cryptome has uploaded Verizon’s forensic investigation of the Stratfor hack in 2011. Their investigation began in December 2011 and was concluded in February 2012. You can read the report here (66 pp., pdf).
Sony Strikes $15M Deal To Settle Litigation Over Playstation Hack (updated)
It looks like Sony has reached a proposed settlement in the multidistrict litigation over the 2011 hack that affected millions of PlayStation customers. The article is behind a paywall, but I imagine we’ll see more on this soon. Update: Bloomberg BNA provides the proposed settlement and additional coverage.
Hackers claim to have compromised personal data of 600,000 Domino’s Pizza customers
Jan Willem Aldershoff reports: Hackers have reportedly stolen data of more than 600,000 Domino’s Pizza customers. A group of hackers demand € 30,000 before next Monday or they will make captured data public. The hacker group goes by the name Rex Mundi and claims to have hacked the websites of Domino’s Pizza in France and Belgium. They’ve…
Mounties charge Quebec teen for hacking Bell customer data, posting it online
It looks like a member of NullCrew has been arrested. The Canadian Press reports: The Mounties have charged a young offender in Quebec after the user names, passwords and credit-card information from some of Bell Canada’s small-business customers were posted online. The RCMP say they started investigating after one of Bell’s third-party IT suppliers was cyberhacked….