Sean Gallagher reports on the hack of U. Maryland that got a contractor’s former employee in hot water with the FBI: David Helkowski stood waiting outside a restaurant in Towson, Maryland, fresh from a visit to the unemployment office. Recently let go from his computer consulting job after engaging in some “freelance hacking” of a…
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Affinity Gaming reports second data breach
Howard Stutz reports that Affinity Gaming has reported a second hacking incident involving its payment card processing system. But although its first incident reportedly affected up to 300,000 customers, Affinity Gaming is confident this breach did not result in the theft of any customer card data after April 28th. They do not indicate when the…
In wake of massive data breach, Target CEO steps down
In the wake of its massive data breach, Gregg Steinhafel, Chairman of the Target board of directors, president and CEO, steps down.
U. North Carolina Wilmington reports yet another security incident
From their website (h/t, idRADAR.com): Important Notice About Unauthorized Server Access – April 29, 2014 UNCW’s Information Technology Services team has discovered unauthorized access to a UNCW applications server, making it possible to access a database containing names, addresses and social security numbers of individuals employed at UNCW as of March 2014, which may include…
Class action lawsuit filed against Maricopa County Community Colleges District
A law firm that had filed notices of claim against MCCCD over its 2013 breach that exposed the information of almost 2.5 million current and former students, employees, and vendors, has now filed a class action lawsuit. On Monday, April 28, 2014, Gallagher & Kennedy filed a class action lawsuit in the Superior Court of…
4Chan hacked
Christopher Poole, aka “moot,” confirmed the attack on 4chan’s blog earlier today: Last week we were made aware of a software vulnerability that allowed an intruder access to administrative functions and information from one of our databases. The intruder later stated their motive was to expose the posting habits of a specific user they disliked….