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MI: Man wants to return personal docs found in illegal dumping

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Dissent

Randy Wimbley reports: Illegal dumping in Detroit is not uncommon – but one case in Brightmoor is especially alarming. […] A moderate pile of junk included personal documents from the Social Security Administration and the Ferndale Housing Commission. Read more on FOX2 Detroit.  The data appeared to be from 2009 – 2013, but since SSN…

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Twin Brothers Sentenced for Wire Fraud, Conspiring to Hack into U.S. Department of State and Private Company

Posted on October 3, 2015 by Dissent

There’s another update to the case of the Akhter twin brothers, and it looks like Muneeb Akhter was successful in fending off the prosecution’s request for a 6-year sentence.  The U.S. Attorney’s Office for Eastern District of Virginia issued a statement yesterday: Twin brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter, 23, of Springfield, were sentenced today for conspiracy to commit…

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Golden State Risk Management Authority notifying members of Systema Software incident

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Dissent

Despite having been notified almost one month ago by Chris Vickery and/or Systema Software, some entities whose databases were exposed on AWS by Systema Software still do not appear to have issued public statements about the incident.  Nor have I seen any reports appearing on HHS’s public breach tool. But in a statement posted on its…

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No, the Experian hack did NOT go on for over two years: it happened last month

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Dissent

In reading a lot of the coverage of Experian’s breach affecting those who applied for T-Mobile USA accounts, I noticed that some journalists and others seemed to interpret Experian’s statement as indicating that the data were hacked/accessed over a two-year period (from September 2013 to September 2015). As I noted to a commenter earlier today,…

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Scottrade Breach Hits 4.6 Million Customers (Updated)

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports: Welcome to Day 2 of Cybersecurity (Breach) Awareness Month! Today’s awareness lesson is brought to you by retail brokerage firm Scottrade Inc., which just disclosed a breach involving contact information and possibly Social Security numbers on 4.6 million customers. In an email sent today to customers, St. Louis-based Scottrade said it recently heard…

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1,040 Sentara Heart Hospital patients notified of HIPAA breach

Posted on October 2, 2015 by Dissent

Elizabeth Simpson reports that a person or persons managed to steal two portable hard drives with PHI from two electrophysiology labs at Sentara Heart Hospital in August: The August theft of two portable hard drives from Sentara Heart Hospital’s electrophysiology labs led hospital officials to send letters about a security breach this week to 1,040 patients….

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