Rochelle Baker reports: The City of Abbotsford is warning residents personal data such as bank account numbers and addresses may have been compromised after software used to run the municipality’s online services was hacked. Read more on the Abbotsford-Mission Times. A notice, linked from the city’s home page, reads: On July 16, 2013, the City…
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University of Delaware: 72,000 people affected by hack
6ABC News reports: The University of Delaware says the employee records of 72,000 people, which includes social security numbers, were breached by criminal hacking. In a letter dated Monday, the university officials said it experienced a cyber attack which targeted the personal records of both current and former employees, including student workers. The hack exploited…
Apple Developer site hack: doubts cast on Turkish hacker’s claims
Charles Arthur reports: A Guardian investigation has cast doubt on claims by a UK-based Turkish researcher that he hacked into Apple’s Developer portal, which has been offline for more than a week. Read more on The Guardian.
Update on Raley’s breach
More on the Raley’s supermarket chain breach reported here on June 9. Peter Strozniak reports that Redwood Credit Union has reissued 18,400 debit cards since June when the Santa Rosa, Calif., credit union was notified that a regional supermarket’s IT system had been hacked by criminals compromising about 200 member accounts. Read more on CU Times.
5 hackers charged in largest data breach scheme in U.S. (updated)
David Voreacos reports: Four Russians and a Ukrainian were charged for their role in the largest hacking and data breach scheme in U.S. history, according to Paul Fishman, the U.S. attorney in New Jersey. The five conspired in a “worldwide scheme that targeted major corporate networks, stole more than 160 million credit card numbers and resulted…
Stanford University Is Investigating An Apparent Security Breach, Urges Community To Reset Passwords (updated)
Billy Gallagher reports: Stanford University urged network users to change their passwords late Wednesday evening, explaining that it “is investigating an apparent breach of its information technology infrastructure.” Randall Livingston, Stanford’s chief financial officer, emailed the entire Stanford community, noting that Stanford does “not yet know the scope of the intrusion.” Read more on TechCrunch. Alerts…