Grant Gross reports: A British man faces new charges in the U.S. for allegedly hacking into the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank’s servers and stealing names, email addresses and other personal information of the bank’s computer users. Lauri Love, already facing charges in New Jersey and Virginia, is now charged with one count of computer hacking and one…
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KR: Hackers arrested over data leakage
Choi Mo-Ran reports: Authorities said yesterday that they have arrested three hackers suspected of leaking the personal data of 17 million people from 225 websites. The Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency announced yesterday that it had arrested the trio, who stole personal data from Korean websites and sold it to loan lenders and chauffeur service companies…
University of Maryland revises offer of free credit monitoring to five years, creates cybersecurity task force
The University of Maryland has lengthened the time of free credit monitoring it will offer to the hundreds of thousands of people whose personal information was compromised during a data breach. President Wallace Loh said in a statement posted Tuesday on the university’s website that those affected will be offered five years of free credit…
Lawsuits against Target continue to be filed in wake of breach
MPR News reports that several Minnesota banks have sued Target over its recent data breach: The First Farmers & Merchants National Banks of Grand Meadow, Cannon Falls, Luverne, Fairmont, and Brownsdale. And for those keeping count, MPR reports: So far, Target now faces 22 data breach lawsuits in the Minnesota U.S. District Court alone. The…
MI: Hackers target Carson City Village Market, credit card info stolen and misused
WZZM reports: The Montcalm County Sheriff’s Department is warning of a data breach potentially affecting dozens of customers. Investigators say thieves hacked into the Carson Village Market server and accessed customers’ credit and debit card information. Multiple people have called police to report their credit card numbers were used to make purchases in southeast Michigan…
Oregon secretary of state website back online after hacker attack
KATU reports: Oregon’s secretary of state’s website was fully back in business Monday after “an unauthorized intrusion” earlier this month, according to the agency. […] When the intrusion was discovered Feb. 4, the agency shut down the state’s online business registry and campaign finance records. The state said the hackers didn’t get access to the…