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Two Utah websites claim hacker attacks cost them $180K; @ItsKahuna challenges the price tag

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Dissent

Back at the beginning of the year, the Salt Lake City Police Department and Utah Chiefs of Police were among a number of law enforcement organizations hacked in #OpPiggyBank. A hacker whose Twitter handle is  @ItsKahuna was subsequently charged in the incidents. Now John Anthony Borell is challenging the organizations’ claims about what the hacks…

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Forensic report on SCDOR breach

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Dissent

Here’s Mandiant’s report on the breach at the South Carolina Department of Revenue.  From the Executive Summary, a summary of the attack: Summary of the Attack A high level understanding of the most important aspects of the compromise are detailed below. 1. August 13, 2012: A malicious (phishing) email was sent to multiple Department of…

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Haley admits hacking errors; revenue chief resigns

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Dissent

Governor Haley has now walked back some of her more irritating claims about South Carolina’s massive data breach.  Seanna Adcox of Associated Press reports: A report on a massive security breach at the South Carolina tax collection agency shows the state could have done more to protect personal information for nearly 4 million taxpayers, Gov. Nikki…

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Data Breach Class Action against Popular Video Game Developer Dismissed for Failure to Plead Adequate Damages

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Dissent

An update on the Valve/Steam breach… Alan Pate writes: In a ruling this past Wednesday, November 14th, a Federal Judge in the Western District of Washington dismissed a class action against video game developer Valve Corporation. The class action stemmed from a November 6th, 2011 data breach of Valve’s popular online video game distribution platform,…

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Breach notification done right? (Nationwide hack, updated)

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Dissent

I spend a lot of time criticizing breach notifications, so it’s nice when I can occasionally point to a positive example. Without considering whether the breach could have been prevented, consider this notification letter from Nationwide Insurance, dated November 16: We want to make you aware that a portion of our computer network was criminally…

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Adobe investigates alleged customer data breach (updated)

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Dissent

Jeremy Kirk: Adobe said Wednesday it is investigating the release of 230 names, email addresses and encrypted passwords claimed to have been stolen from a company database. The information was released on Tuesday on Pastebin by a self-proclaimed Egyptian hacker named “ViruS_HimA.” The hacker, who claimed the database accessed holds more than 150,000 records, posted…

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