Back in January, DataBreaches.net reported that Metropolitan State University had acknowledged that they had been hacked. As I reported at that time, a teenage hacker from Australia, who used the Twitter name @Abdilo, had previously claimed in December that he had hacked them via SQL injection, and he thanked them for 22,000 Social Security numbers. They…
Category: U.S.
Right-wing group blamed for posting top law officials’ info
CBS News is reporting: Federal law enforcement officials are investigating the online publication of home addresses of senior officials and former officials of the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other agencies, CBS News has learned. Investigators became aware of the incident Tuesday, reports CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues. Read more…
California Privacy Advocates Urge Defeat of Federal Data Breach Notice Bill
Six California privacy and consumer groups have called on members of the US House Energy and Commerce Committee to oppose federal legislation that would wipe out California’s landmark data breach notification laws. The House Committee may hear the Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2015 as early as Wednesday, April 15. California Congress members on the House…
FL: Teacher’s laptop stolen in rash of St. Augustine Beach car burglaries
Oh, here’s a pleasant change. After a teacher’s laptop was stolen from her car, the reporter asked the St. Johns County School Board whether any student information on the school computer might have been compromised: Officials said all school computers are password-protected and their hard drives are encrypted, so no personal information could have been…
HSBC Financial Corp. notifies mortgage customers of online breach
HSBC Finance Corporation has begun notifying an undisclosed number of consumers whose mortgage account information was inadvertently exposed on the Internet. The firm believes the exposure began sometime towards the end of 2014 and continued until March 27, 2015, when they learned of the breach. The breach affected customers of the firm’s subsidiaries, including Beneficial Financial I, Inc.,…
Texas Doctor Sentenced to Prison for Health Care Fraud Scheme
If you were ever a patient at one of these hospitals, you might want to get your medical records and check them for accuracy. Also check your Explanation of Benefits from your insurer to make sure that your records accurately reflect services you received and for what. Previous coverage of this case can be found…