Cory Shaffer reports: The vendor that runs the parking garage under Cleveland City Hall confirmed a data breach in late October potentially compromised sensitive information of hundreds of people who park in the garage. Ken Russo, director of support services for Datapark, confirmed in a city-issued statement that the company’s financial security system had been breached,…
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Luck Played Role in Discovery of Data Breach at JPMorgan Affecting Millions
Matthew Goldstein and Nicole Perlroth report: When it comes to defending a large company against an online attack, sometimes luck and timing can mean as much as spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year on computer security. The broad attack this summer on JPMorgan Chase, which compromised information for 76 million households and seven…
Update: Tutor in Corona del Mar High grade-hacking scandal arrested at LAX
There’s a follow-up to a breach previously noted on this blog. On October 6, Sean Emery reported: A tutor at the center of an alleged grade-changing scandal at Corona del Mar High School was arrested Monday when police say he returned to Southern California after fleeing the country. Timothy Lance Lai, 29, was taken into…
McDonald’s worker caught skimming
WSB-TV reports that an alert customer in Roswell caught a McDonald’s worker skimming her card. Nice point about watching and staying alert when you hand someone your card.
Update on Lewisburg Area School District breach
An update to this breach post. PA HomePage reports: The district has confirmed that student names, school district ID numbers, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and social security numbers from the school’s food service account were accessed through the school’s network. Read more on PA HomePage. In partial response, the district has stopped including…
LA: Cohen College Prep High School investigates allegations of possible identity theft
Rob Masson reports: Some parents are worried about an alleged identity thief who they say gained access to the Cohen Prep campus. They say a woman posing as an employer took social security numbers from as many as 40 students and their friends, but school officials say their investigation has failed to corroborate the story….