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IRS: Hackers May Have Stolen Tax Information From Additional 220,000

Posted on August 17, 2015 by Dissent

Julianne Pepitone reports: The Internal Revenue Service revealed Monday that criminals potentially accessed tax information for a total of 338,000 taxpayers — triple the amount feared when the breach was first disclosed in May. The IRS had originally said that hackers potentially accessed information for 114,000 taxpayers via an online system. The agency did a further review and…

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Update: SterlingBackcheck breach impacted 100,000

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Dissent

On August 4, this site reported a stolen laptop containing background checks. The laptop belonged to SterlingBackcheck, and was stolen from an employee’s car. More details on the numbers are starting to emerge. Today, we learned that the firm updated its report to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s to indicate that 734 New Hampshire residents…

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Marketwired, PR Newswire, Business Wire hacked in $US100m trading scam

Posted on August 12, 2015 by Dissent

AFP reports: An international team of computer hackers and stock traders was charged with pocketing more than $US100 million ($A138 million) in illicit profits based on stolen market-moving financial information, US officials announced Tuesday. The Department of Justice charged nine people in a criminal conspiracy with making more than $US30 million ($A41.43 million) in illegal…

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Carphone Warehouse coughs to MEGA data breach hitting up to 2.4 MEELLION customers (Update2)

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Dissent

Kelly Fiveash reports: Carphone Warehouse has taken three days to go public about a serious data breach affecting nearly 2.5 million customers – with the confession that up to 90,000 subscribers may have had their credit card info ransacked. The company said in a statement on Saturday afternoon that it had first discovered its systems…

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Man affiliated with Anonymous #OpAustralia returns to court August 11th

Posted on August 8, 2015 by Dissent

DataBreaches.net has previously reported on the case of Mathew Hutchison, a young Australian who found himself on the wrong side of the law for attempting to redirect the Indonesian faction of Anonymous away from businesses and not-for-profits in Australia. Hutchison ran afoul of Australian law because videos that he uploaded to YouTube in the name of #OpAustralia and chats…

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Hundreds of Millions of Android Smartphones hit with ‘Certifi-gate’ Security Breach

Posted on August 7, 2015 by Dissent

According to the researchers at security firm Check Point, “Hundreds of millions of Android smartphones may be at risk from a security flaw that allows hackers to hijack a handset without a victim’s knowledge. Devices made by Samsung, HTC, LG and ZTE, including those running the latest version of Android, are potentially vulnerable. Check point…

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