Jeremy Kirk reports: More than 20 travel-related websites have experienced data breaches in the past two months, according to a security expert who tracks the trade in stolen data. Data from those websites is being sold on underground forums by cybercriminals, said Alex Holden, CTO of Hold Security, a company that specializes in monitoring the…
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U.S. Military Hack Looms Over Obama Speech
Courthouse News reports: For 40 minutes on Monday, hackers posted ISIS propaganda and purported military documents on U.S. Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube accounts, before both accounts were suspected (sic). The banner over both social media pages bore a picture of a headscarf-masked militant next to the words “CyberCaliphate” and “i love you isis.” Read…
GA: Brooklet officer fired after security, identity breach
Holli Deal Saxon reports: A former Brooklet police officer fired for sharing information about candidates for the town’s police chief position said he was terminated unfairly and improperly, but the Brooklet city councilman who supervises the police department says the officer was fired for breaking privacy laws. Former police Sgt. Jonathan McGahee was terminated Dec….
MA: Middlesex Asst. DA Charged With Leaking Confidential Info in Exchange for Drugs
Chris Caesar reports: A former Middlesex Assistant District Attorney was indicted Thursday on charges he accepted bribes and illegally slipped confidential information from his office to a drug dealer in exchange for painkillers. Stephen Gilpatric, 35, of Somerville allegedly leaked sensitive records—including a Board of Probation record, police report, photograph and other identifying information—about another…
The National Accountable Care Congress is hacked; user data dumped
Add the National Accountable Care Congress to this week’s list of hacks. A dump of almost 900 users’ information includes their usernames, first and last names, e-mail addresses, company, city, state, and zip, password, and their join date and expiration date for their account – all in plain text. SLC Security, which first reported the breach, notes that…
Zappos settles charges with nine states over data breach
There’s been a settlement of charges stemming from a breach disclosed in 2012 that affected 24 million consumers. The settlement requires the online shoe store to guard data, pay $106,000 to NC and 8 states Raleigh: Nevada-based online retailer Zappos.com will take steps to better protect consumers’ personal information, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Wednesday….