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…
Category: U.S.
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….
Chinese engineer to plead guilty in theft of GE Healthcare trade secrets
Bruce Vielmetti reports: A Chinese engineer charged with stealing trade secrets and confidential information from a GE Healthcare subsidiary in Waukesha has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors. Jun Xie, 41, will plead guilty to one count of stealing trade secrets, according to federal court records. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years…