It may go unnoticed while everyone focuses on the weather, but Greg Otto of FedScoop reports that The Obama administration will create a new office to conduct background checks on federal employees, in an effort to improve the security of personal information in the wake of the massive data breaches at the Office of Personnel Management. The formation of the National…
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Hackers ‘Dox’ Miami Police Officers With Data Stolen From Government Database
Lorenzo Francesco-Bicchierai reports: A group of hackers has dumped the names, phone numbers and email addresses of more than 80 police officers from Miami, Florida, in what appears to be an attempt to “dox” the agents. The hackers appear to be loosely affiliated with the group of alleged teen hackers, known as “Crackas With Attitude”…
FBI Alerts University of Virginia to Employee Information Data Breach That Began in 2014
Wendi Moore reports: The University of Virginia is the victim of another data breach. According to a UVA statement, the personal information of approximately 1,400 UVA academic division employees has been accessed in a phishing email scam. The FBI notified UVA of the breach following an investigation. The FBI says suspects are in custody overseas….
San Diego County employees’ details erroneously sent to Wells Fargo
Right before Christmas, the County of San Diego Benefits Division discovered that some employees’ personal information had been inadvertently shared with Wells Fargo. The problem arose when the county sent personal information of those employees enrolling in a Wells Fargo Health Savings Account. A programming error by the county’s service provider, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services, resulted in the additional transmission…
Earbits.com Leaks 325,000 User Credentials: Misconfigured Database
DataBreaches.net seems to have lost a source, but gained a resource. 🙂 Chris Vickery is now blogging his discoveries over on MacKeeper. His first post was about a misconfigured database leaking 325,000 Earbits users’ info as well as admin credentials: We’re talking about everything from real names, email addresses, and SHA1 password hashes (with accompanying…
Compromised email account exposed patient info from Brigham and Women’s and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospitals
Brigham and Women’s and Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospitals, who reported a phishing incident in April 2015, are reporting another incident involving the compromise of an employee’s email account. How the login credentials were compromised is not reported. In a statement posted to their website, they provide other details: On November 13, 2015, Brigham learned that…