Remember the hack of the FineGael web site and data dump back in 2011? RTÉ News has this update: Two students, who hacked Fine Gael’s 2011 election website have been spared jail sentences and left with clean records. Darren Martyn (21) from Cloonbeggin, Claregalway, Galway, and 20-year-old Donnacha O Cearbhaill from The Ring, Birr, Co….
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Data Broker Hackers Also Compromised NW3C
In Part II of his latest investigative series, Brian Krebs reports: The same miscreants responsible for breaking into the networks of America’s top consumer and business data brokers appear to have also infiltrated and stolen huge amounts of data from the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C), a congressionally-funded non-profit organization that provides training, investigative support and research…
The New Teacher Project notifies employees after laptop stolen from office
A laptop with unencrypted names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and employee ID numbers of current and former employees was stolen from the Brooklyn, New York office of The New Teacher Project the weekend of July 27-28. Notifications to those affected with offers of free credit monitoring are going out about now. Of note,…
UK: Newcastle Citizen’s Advice Bureau data breach concern
BBC reports: An investigation is under way after the Citizen’s Advice Bureau in Newcastle inadvertently released personal information about some of its clients. About 1,300 files containing names, addresses, debt history and criminal records were accidentally made available on the internet. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is looking into the incident and a possible data…
Montana non-profit warns of possible security breach after Missoula break-in
Dennis Bragg reports: Leaders of the Hospice Care Foundation are warning their clients and donors to be watching for a possible security breach, after thieves steal a laptop during an office break-in. […] The stolen laptop is password protected, but contained some records pertaining to donations, and an upcoming fundraising event. The foundation is working…
Huntington’s Disease Society of America notifies employees and donors of possible compromise of their information
On May 3, an intruder compromised the web mail account of an HDSA executive. The purpose was likely to facilitate a fraudulent wire transfer from HDSA’s bank account, as the transfer could only occur if an email sent to the executive’s account was approved. The attempt failed, as the executive discovered the compromise on May…