Jake Jarvis reports: Two-dozen student email addresses at West Virginia State University were “compromised” earlier this year, but the students weren’t told that someone else might have gotten into their accounts. WVSU’s information technology department received a list in March of about 1,600 email addresses. The person who sent the list said they had been…
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Note claiming to be from DAO cryptocurrency hacker says stolen $53 million is legally his
You may feel like you’re entering the Twilight Zone after reading this report from Russell Brandom: One day after $53 million abruptly disappeared from an experimental cryptocurrency project, a note claiming to be from the attacker has surfaced on PasteBin, claiming that the money drained from the system is now legally his. The attacker withdrew the money by exploiting a…
Bank of Montreal ATM “hacked” with default password
CORRECTION: This story was originally reported in 2014. Not sure why CJAD reported it as recent news, but thanks to Catalin Cimpanu for letting me know. Original post: So… in a story about another breach, which was also linked to using a default password, CJAD in Canada mentioned a breach that occurred last week: Two 14-year-old high school…
GitHub Security Update: Reused password attack
Posted June 16, and yet another reminder why you shouldn’t re-use passwords across sites. I know my readers don’t really need any such reminders, but do talk to your kids, parents, grandparents, friends…. What happened? On Tuesday evening PST, we became aware of unauthorized attempts to access a large number of GitHub.com accounts. This appears to…
Computer Crash Wipes Out Years of Air Force Investigation Records
Marcus Weisgerber reports: The U.S. Air Force has lost records concerning 100,000 investigations into everything from workplace disputes to fraud. A database that hosts files from the Air Force’s inspector general and legislative liaison divisions became corrupted last month, destroying data created between 2004 and now, service officials said. Neither the Air Force nor Lockheed Martin, the defense…
Low-tech break-in results in breach notification in Phoenix
The administrative offices of Mountain Park Health Center in Phoenix was burglarized on March 22nd. Burglars rifled through the contents of locked file cabinets containing personnel information, but none of the contents were stolen. The kinds of employee information in the files included names, addresses, telephone numbers, SSN, dates of birth, and limited financial information. Through…