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MO: Business Owner Pleads Guilty After Customers’ Information is Stolen in Bank Fraud Scheme

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Dissent

Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced yesterday that a former business owner in Sparta, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in allowing his customers’ information to be stolen and used to promote a bank fraud scheme that used stolen mail and fake identifications to cash nearly…

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CA: Berkeley High student linked to racist ‘screen hack’

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Dissent

Emilie Raguso and Lance Knobel report: Berkeley High School administrators say they have identified the student responsible for a “screen hack” in the library Wednesday that displayed racist threats against African Americans. Berkeley High Principal Sam Pasarow said, during a press conference Thursday afternoon, that a student, believed to have been acting alone, was responsible for the…

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In a first, the FCC is fining a major cable company for getting hacked

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Dissent

Brian Fung reports: In the first such case against a U.S. cable company, federal regulators are slapping Cox Communications with a $595,000 fine after Cox allowed hackers from Lizard Squad to penetrate its systems and steal private customer information. By posing as an IT administrator and tricking a couple of Cox employees into giving up their login credentials, a…

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Huntington Medical Research Institutes discloses two HIPAA breaches in one-month period

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Dissent

HIPAA Journal reports: Nonprofit biomedical research company Huntington Medical Research Institutes (HMRI) has announced two HIPAA breaches in the space of a month: One involving the improper disposal of records, the other an alleged theft of patient data by a former employee. The insider breach reportedly impacted 4,300 patients. Read more on HIPAA Journal. The…

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NC: Hacker changes grades at Panther Creek High School in Cary

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Dissent

T. Keung Hui reports: Cary Police are investigating after a hacker broke into the computer system at Panther Creek High School and changed the grades for some students, altering class ranks during the important college application period. In a letter posted on the school’s website Thursday, Panther Creek High Principal Camille Hedrick told families that the…

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Interstitial Cystitis Network notifies customers of payment card breach

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Dissent

The California-based Interstitial Cystitis Network is notifying customers of a breach after customers first alerted them that payment cards used on their site had been compromised. In a letter dated October 26, ICN writes that the ICN Mail Order Center (www.icnsales.com) was compromised during the period of April 6, 2015 and October 1, 2015;  customers placing orders during…

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