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Montana state health department server hacked via software security glitch

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Dissent

I posted something about this breach over on phiprivacy.net yesterday, but thought this update would be of special interest to this blog’s readers.  Matt Volz of AP reports: Hackers broke into a Montana health department computer server through software in need of a security upgrade after a Chinese-language website last year identified the department’s server…

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Paytime, Inc. breach affected over 216,000

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Dissent

One day, businesses will heed my sage advice not to stay in the news cycle by letting details dribble out piecemeal. Today is not the day, however, so thankfully, idRADAR did some digging and has found out that over 215,000 were affected by the Paytime, Inc. breach covered previously on this blog. Jeanne Price reports:…

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American Express notified 76,608 California residents after #AnonymousUkraine data dumps

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Dissent

From AmEx’s (AXP) notification to the California Attorney General’s Office: Hacktivist group “Anonymous Ukraine” has published card data to internet. Several postings have been made.  AXP was informed by law enforcement that several large files containing personal information were posted on internet sites by claimed members of “Anonymous”, a worldwide hacking collective. The source(s) of…

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Monsanto Confirms Security Breach (updated)

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Dissent

Jacob Bunge and Tony Dreibus report: Monsanto Co. confirmed Thursday that a security breach in one of the seed company’s servers left exposed some customer credit-card information and Monsanto employee data. The breach occurred in late March, affecting about 1,300 farmers who are customers of Monsanto’s Precision Planting division, which makes specialized seed-planting equipment, according…

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UK: OFFICE customers’ personal details compromised

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Dissent

Margi Murphy reports: High street shoe retailer OFFICE is the latest company to reveal that its customers’ names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and passwords were accessed in a “security breach”. No financial details were accessed, the retailer said in an email sent to its customers. Only accounts made before August 2013 were breached, it…

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iPhone owners hit by ‘ransomware’ hack demanding money for their phones

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Dissent

James Vincent reports: An iPhone feature designed to discourage theft by letting users shut down their smartphone remotely has reportedly being compromised by hackers using it to hold mobiles to ransom. Posts from Apple’s official support forums describe how users’ Find My iPhone feature (also available for the iPad) has been hijacked by fraudsters who…

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