More details have emerged on the UC Berkeley hack reported here last week: UC Berkeley officials announced today (Monday, Dec. 15) that they have begun notifying approximately 1,600 individuals that their personal information may have been hacked by an individual or individuals who gained access to servers and databases in the campus’s Real Estate Division….
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Sony says news outlets should stop using hacked documents
Bloomberg reports: Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. lawyers have sent a letter asking news organizations to stop writing articles based on stolen documents released by hackers seeking to interrupt the release of the comedy “The Interview.” The letter, dated Sunday, was sent by attorney David Boies to news organizations including Bloomberg and The New York Times….
NH: Woman indicted in Exeter High computer breach
Seacoastonline.com reports: Exeter resident Lee Ann Cammett, of Dogtown Road, has been formally indicted on charges of Computer-Related Offenses. According to her indictment, Cammett “knowingly and without authorization” accessed as well as altered or tampered with student records using the PowerSchool computer network which is used by Exeter High School. Read more on Seacoastonline.com.
NH: Plaistow town planner accused of snooping in co-workers’ email
Adam Sexton reports: A longtime Plaistow town employee has been accused of accessing the email accounts of the town’s fire chief and two other co-workers, according to court documents. Leigh Komornick, the town planner in Plaistow, is facing fraud and identity theft charges. In newly released court documents, police accuse Komornick of breaking into the…
Attackers Turn Focus to PoS Vendors
Brian Prince reports: The recently reported attack on Charge Anywhere puts the payment solutions provider on a list of PoS vendors attacked this year. This week, the payment gateway solution provider Charge Anywhere revealed that it had been victimized by a data breach that may have compromised data going as far back as 2009. Charge Anywhere provides…
More parking facilities affected by DataPark breach
More on the DataPark breach previously noted on this blog as impacting customers of the St. Louis Parking Company in Missouri: ABM Parking Services, Inc. announced that Datapark, a vendor that provides and maintains point of service software for several Chicago parking facilities managed by ABM Parking, confirmed a data security incident. This incident may involve certain customer…