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Category: U.S.

Ex-Citadel employee sentenced to three years for data theft

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Dissent

Bloomberg reports: A former Citadel LLC employee who admitted stealing data from the Chicago-based investment firm as well as high-frequency trading computer code from a New Jersey company was sentenced to three years in prison. Yihao “Ben” Pu, who was charged in 2011, pleaded guilty in August to stealing proprietary information from Citadel in 2011 and to…

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GA: Fulton County School officials are investigating a teen hacker

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Dissent

Donna Lowry reports: Fulton County School officials are investigating a teen who they believe hacked into his teachers’ emails for nine months. The district sent home a letter today to parents of students at North Springs Charter High School telling them that last year, a student gained access to the email login information for 21…

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It’s not just Park ‘n Fly: OneStopParking also confirms data breach

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Dissent

Kentucky-based  OneStopParking has also disclosed a data breach. You can read a copy of their notification letter to consumers on the Vermont Attorney General’s web site (pdf).

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5 Colleges With Data Breaches Larger Than Sony’s in 2014

Posted on January 15, 2015 by Dissent

Kyle McCarthy points out that there were at least five colleges that had breaches larger than Sony’s breach in 2014. So he made a list? Why is there absolutely NO mention of the fact that no federal agency enforces data security in the education sector? Isn’t THAT the bigger atory?

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Glitch on Department of Defense web site exposes retirees’ personal information

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Dissent

Chris Papst reports: A “technical malfunction” is being blamed after some federal retirees had their personal information sent to the wrong people—information like Social Security Numbers and tax statements. Now, some people are terrified their identities could be stolen. […] On Monday morning, the 37-year Department of Defense employee logged into her retirement account, like…

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British Hacker Linked To Attack On CENTCOM Twitter Feed

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Dissent

Mark Hosenball reports: The “CyberCaliphate” hacking group that attacked a Twitter account belonging to the Pentagon on Monday was founded by a Briton who was once jailed for hacking the personal address book of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, according to government sources and private sector security experts. U.S. and European government sources said…

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