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WA: Student hacker disables hundreds of email accounts

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Dissent

KOMO News reports that an unnamed high school student who attends Oak Harbor High School is in trouble for disabling hundreds of email accounts throughout the Oak Harbor School District. “This individual inappropriately obtained passwords to certain accounts,” said Kellie Tormey, Oak Harbor School District. A somewhat surprising aspect to the report is a statement by an…

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FL: Sacred Heart Health System billing information hacked

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Dissent

Carlos Gieseken reports: The billing information of 14,000 Sacred Heart Health System patients was compromised recently when an employee email account of the healthcare provider’s third-party billing vendor was hacked. No medical records were breached, but hackers gained access to patient names, dates of service, dates of birth, diagnoses and procedures, total charges and physician…

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“University of Racism” hacked; will others go after U. of Oklahoma student records?

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Dissent

“Because none of them seem to give a shit…” – a hacker commenting on the lack of response to notifying the U. of Oklahoma that he had hacked them.  This blogger has repeatedly lamented the generally inadequate data security in the education sector and the fact that no federal agency actually enforces data security at the post-secondary…

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“Bitcoin Baron” vows cyber attack for dismissal of charges against Detroit policeman who killed 7-year-old

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Dissent

The hacker who self-identifies as “Bitcoin Baron” has been busy. In addition to attacking the city of Moore in Oklahoma over the city’s decision to defend two officers involved in the Warren Theatre case, threats have also been made against the Wayne County, Michigan court computers. Gus Burns reports: Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Gray Hathaway dismissed…

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Authorities Closing In on Hackers Who Stole Data From JPMorgan Chase

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Dissent

Matthew Goldstein and Nicole Perlroth report: It has become a familiar pattern: The computer system of a big American company is breached, the personal information of tens of millions of customers is stolen and a public outcry ensues. Rarely are the thieves caught. But last summer’s attack on JPMorgan Chase — which resulted in hackers…

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Bitcoin Baron tells Moore, Oklahoma: Thanks for letting me into your system. Now pay me.

Posted on March 15, 2015 by Dissent

The “Bitcoin Baron” has demanded the city Moore in Oklahoma send 100 bitcoins to protect data that Bitcoin Baron claims to have acquired. The hacker informs DataBreaches.net: Hacked into the systems of City of Moore and planted a virus inside their system and obtained files that is quite interesting if I might say and I…

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