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Jail time for university hacker who changed his grades to straight As

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Dissent

John Hawes reports: A former student of Purdue University in Indiana has been sentenced to 90 days in jail for his part in hacking into college computer systems and changing grades. Roy C. Sun is one of three former Purdue students thought to have been involved in the incident, which occurred between 2008 and 2010 when they…

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Sears, Secret Service Said to Investigate Possible Data Breach, but Sears Says There’s No Evidence of Breach

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Dissent

Michael Riley reports: The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a possible security breach at Sears Holdings Corporation, after a series of cyber attacks on retailers that have exposed the credit-card data of millions of U.S. consumers, according to a person familiar with the investigation. Read more on Bloomberg.com. The Chicago Tribune has a response from…

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UK man charged with hacking US Federal Reserve

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Dissent

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

Posted on February 27, 2014 by Dissent

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…

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University of Maryland revises offer of free credit monitoring to five years, creates cybersecurity task force

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Dissent

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…

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Lawsuits against Target continue to be filed in wake of breach

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Dissent

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…

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