Georgina Prodhan of Reuters reports: Organizations taking part in the most ambitious expansion of the Internet so far will find out next week whether their applications for new domain names could have been viewed by competitors as a result of a software bug. […] Beckstrom said he was confident the glitch in the system had…
Category: Miscellaneous
BPAS hacker sentenced to jail
James Jeffery, who pleaded guilty to hacking the British Pregnancy Advisory Service in March, has been sentenced to two years and eight months in jail.
Skeptical Science hacked, private user details publicly posted online
John Cook has posted a breach alert over on Skeptical Science. It seems that hackers got the entire users’ database and have dumped it on unnamed sites on the Internet. So far, I’m not finding those sites, so I’m not sure what all the data types are. If anyone has additional info on this breach,…
Commentary: ACC caught out in another privacy breach
It just goes from bad to worse at ACC (the Accident Compensation Corporation), it seems. I had previously noted reports of a serious breach involving thousands of individuals’ claims. Since the initial reports, more details have emerged that have made waves, but this newest report will have some just wanting to shut ACC down altogether….
GA: Thefts reported at OB/GYN offices in Gwinnett
Christopher Seward reports: The Georgia Obstetrical and Gynecological Society said Saturday its offices in Suwanee were burglarized and computers with information on its membership were stolen. It’s not clear to me from the spokesperson’s statement, however, whether they believe that this was a targeted theft related to their lobbying against anti-abortion or bills or for…
Laptop stolen from Kennedy Space Center worker’s car contained personal info on 2,300 (updated)
13News reports that laptop stolen from a Kennedy Space Center employee’s car contained personal information, including Social Security numbers, on 2,300 employees and student co-ops. The laptop theft, which occurred outside the employee’s home, was reported to them on March 5. And no, the laptop was not encrypted. And why, oh why, are laptops with…