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IRS says states must encrypt electronic tax records; Governor Haley attempts to extricate her feet from her mouth (UPDATED)

Posted on November 21, 2012 by Dissent

UPDATE: See comment by Don Moffett below this post who notes that the Governor was actually correct and the IRS’s statement is incorrect. Governor Nikki Haley of South Carolina should stop talking about the massive databreach at the Department of Revenue and let someone who actually knows something about data security speak for the state….

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Haley: SCDOR hacking may not have been preventable

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Dissent

Color me stunned. In one breath, Governor Haley says that even with what is known now, there is “no way to say it could have been prevented.” Then we learn that investigators “believe that a hacker tricked someone at the Department of Revenue into opening a file that gave the hacker access to the system.”…

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More on the Great River Entertainment breach

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Dissent

Last month I reported on a breach involving a Great River Entertainment facility. Great River notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of the breach on October 1, but the timeline is somewhat disturbing: 1. In November 2011, they were informed that guests were experiencing fraud on cards used there. 2. On or about March…

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IA: Officials confirm credit and debit cards used at Pzazz casino compromised last year

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Dissent

Andy Hoffman reports: Officials at the Pzazz entertainment complex in Burlington have confirmed “computer hackers” breached security at their facility last year, resulting in dozens of credit card numbers being stolen. Rob Higgins, general manager of the complex, recently sent letters to several American Express cardholders who were victimized last year by high-tech thieves who…

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Some Bellacor customers who ordered online notified of security breach

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Dissent

Home lighting and furnishings retailer Bellacor has notified some of its web site customers of a recent breach. In their letter , a copy of which was posted on California’s breach report site, President and CEO James Lawrence informed those affected that their names, addresses, telephone numbers, and encrypted credit card numbers with security codes…

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When security works: payroll processor prevent$ transactions

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Dissent

Neurocare, Inc. has been notifying some employees after one of their systems was infected by malware and the criminals acquired the firm’s login credentials to its payroll processor account.  The credentials were then used to re-route direct deposits for some employees to other accounts. The scheme was foiled because Neurocare’s unnamed payment processor detected an…

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