The Center for American Progress and the Center for American Progress Action Fund were reportedly the victims of a “highly sophisticated computer security breach by an unauthorized outside party” where the motive for the breach may not have been personal information. In a letter to the Maryland Attorney General’s Office dated April 30, CAP’s General…
Category: Miscellaneous
Computer admin sentenced for hacking LifeGift
The former director of information technology for a non-profit organ and tissue donation center was sentenced today to two years in prison for hacking into her former employer’s computer network. Danielle Duann, 51, of Houston, pleaded guilty on April 30, 2009, to a one-count criminal indictment charging her with unauthorized computer access. Duann was sentenced…
Bits ‘n Pieces
In the justice system: A medical student at Saint Joseph College from Nigeria, was charged June 29 in federal court with bank fraud and aggravated identity theft affecting 80 victims. Cambridge police arrested Wayne Deleveaux for using government accounts from Mount Auburn Hospital to fraudulently buy hundreds of BlackBerry Storms last week. He reportedly had…
Update: Bord Gais Laptop Thefts
Personal details of more than 100,000 Bord Gais customers were on laptops stolen from the energy firm last month, significantly more than the 75,000 initially reported. Details of the full extent of the security breach are expected to emerge when the findings of an investigation into the laptop thefts are disclosed. Four laptops were stolen…
Don’t Call it “Hacking”
The UT student accused of accessing former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s e-mail was in court Tuesday, arguing for the charges against him to be dismissed. The judge will decide most of the issues discussed in court Tuesday at a later time. But both sides agreed to not use the word “hacking” at trial. Instead,…
MA: Commonwealth Solar Breach
About 810 residents who had applied for the Massachusetts Commonwealth Solar rebate program had their personal information posted on a government Web site for nearly an hour, according to a notice from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. The quasi-public agency that administers the program said a file containing the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of…