David Wenner reports: A hacker gained access to the Cumberland Valley School District computer network on Thursday and the district has notified local police and the FBI as it tries to figure out if personal information was stolen. The district, which discovered the breach on Thursday, said it appears someone used the network only to…
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Breach at USIS ‘affected’ at least 25,000 employees – DHS official
Jim Finkle has an update to the USIS hack reported earlier this month: A cyber attack at a company that performs background checks for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security compromised data of at least 25,000 government workers, an agency official told Reuters on Friday. The official said that DHS plans to notify approximately 25,000…
MO: Hacker group claims shutdown of county, city websites
Mike Rush reports: The FBI and Missouri Attorney General are getting involved after hackers posted the private information of thousands of law enforcement officers. A hacker group is taking credit for stealing sensitive information from the Missouri Sheriffs’ Association website. The group states the Ferguson unrest as the motive. The information released includes names, addresses,…
LinkedIn Reaches Deal in Privacy Litigation; Settles for $1.25M
Lisa Hoffman reports: A security breach that opened more than 6 million passwords to online viewing and spawned a putative class action will cost LinkedIn Corp. $1.25 million to settle. The preliminary agreement was reached August 15 in In Re: LinkedIn User Privacy Litigation, a consolidated action through which plaintiffs alleged the professional networking site misrepresented the strength…
Cost of Target Data Breach: $148 Million Plus Loss of Trust
Jennifer LeClaire reports: The now infamous Target data Relevant Products/Services breach is still costing the company — and its shareholders — plenty. In fact, the retailing giant forecast the December 2013 incident cost shareholders $148 million. The company also lowered its full-year earnings forecast in the wake of the breach and its stock took a…
LA: Data Breach at University of Louisiana at Monroe impacts recent graduates
ULM [the University of Louisiana at Monroe] says they experienced a data security breach on Tuesday when a employee’s email account was accessed by an unauthorized individual. This security breach may have compromised the personal information of students who graduated from ULM in Fall 2013, and Spring 2014. The university says data security measures have been reinforced…