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Former member of SwaggSec sentenced to 3 years in prison for attacks on DirecTV, Farmers Insurance, and L.A. Dept. of Public Works

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Dissent

Nancy Dillon reports that a 32-year old hacker who used the online names of “fame” and “infam0us” and was part of SwaggSec has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for his role in attacking DirecTV, Farmers Insurance and the Los Angeles Department of Public Works: Mario Patrick Chuisano was sentenced in U.S. District Court in…

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American Sleep Medicine patients notified of stolen hard drive

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Dissent

American Sleep Medicine of San Diego, which describes itself as conducting more than 4,000 sleep studies each year, is notifying an undisclosed number of patients that some of their personal information was on an external hard drive stolen from a locked server room. The theft was discovered on March 3rd and reported to the San Diego Police Department….

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PCI Council Revises PCI Data Security Standards

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Dissent

WAKEFIELD, Mass., 15 April 2015 — Today, the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Version 3.1 and supporting guidance. The revision includes minor updates and clarifications, and addresses vulnerabilities within the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption protocol that can put payment data at risk. Available now on the…

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IRS employee accused of stealing credit card info while at work

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Dissent

From the well-this-inspires-confidence-doesn’t-it dept.: KCTV in Missouri reports: An IRS employees is accused of booking a vacation and a shopping spree while on the clock with stolen credit card information. Weisha Jackson is charged with stealing credit card information from another employee while working at the Kansas City Internal Revenue Service campus. Read more on…

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FBI doubts computer intrusion at Ball State University

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Dissent

The Star Press in Indiana reports: An FBI agent doubts that the thefts of the Social Security numbers of dozens of high-paid Ball State University employees occurred as the result of an invasion of the university’s computer systems. “I don’t think there was a breach (at BSU),” FBI agent Neal Freeman told The Star Press…

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Target Settles Data Breach Lawsuit With MasterCard for $19M

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Dissent

Anne D’innocenzio and Marley Jay of AP report: Target and MasterCard say they’ve agreed to settle lawsuits over the discounter’s pre-Christmas 2013 massive data breach. Target said late Wednesday it has set aside up to $19 million for banks and credit unions issuing MasterCards that were caught in the data breach that compromised 40 million credit…

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