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PA: Married Montco Business Owners Steal $124K by Using Personal Information From Victims: Police

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Dissent

David Chang reports: Police are searching for a Montgomery County couple who they say swindled tens of thousands of dollars from unsuspecting victims, using their names and social security numbers. Eric Martin, 33, and his wife and business partner, 29-year-old Portia Martin, are accused of creating credit accounts by using stolen identity information and making…

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Hacker Says He Crashed New York Mag Website Because He Hates NYC, Not Cosby’s Alleged Rape Victims

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Dissent

Emma Whitford reports: Last night at 9:00 p.m., New York magazine’s website published a cover story that had thousands of shares within an hour—a project 6 months in the making, it compiles the stories and portraits of 35 of the 46 women who have publicly alleged that Bill Cosby raped or sexually assaulted them. Early this morning, the entire…

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Patient data included on missing thumb drive, OhioHealth says

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Dissent

Ben Sutherly reports: Sensitive data for nearly 1,000 valve-replacement candidates and research subjects at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital might have been compromised when an unencrypted thumb drive came up missing. The data include patients’ names, medical-record numbers, insurance companies, physicians, addresses, dates of birth, referral and treatment dates, and types of procedures conducted on them….

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Children’s National Medical Center faces suit for hack of up to 18,000 patients’ data

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Dissent

There’s a follow-up to a breach disclosed in March by the Children’s National Medical Center. Tina Reed reports: Children’s National Health System is facing a potential class-action lawsuit following the hack of the personal data of up to 18,000 patients last year. Fardoes Khan, a longtime patient at Children’s, filed the suit after receiving a…

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Anonymous hacks census.gov; leaks non-sensitive info

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Dissent

Here’s another breach from last week that was sitting in the drafts folder because, well, I’m old, I forget. Census.gov was hacked by Anonymous, whose claimed motivation was “#TPP #TTIP” (Trans-Pacific Partnership, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership). Ali Raza reports: A hacktivist group, which refers to itself as Anonymous, has claimed that the United States Census Bureau…

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MD: Brunswick police investigate stolen credit card information that may be linked to café

Posted on July 26, 2015 by Dissent

Paige Jones reports: Brunswick police are investigating reports of stolen credit card information that may be linked to a cafe in that city, according to Chief Milt Frech. At least four people contacted the Brunswick Police Department in mid-June to report that their credit cards had been compromised. For three people, “the common thread is…

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