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MN: Big Deals Media tells users to change passwords following hack

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Dissent

KEYC reports that Big Deals Media has e-mailed its users to alert them that their information may be in the hands of hackers. Big Deals says hackers could have gotten ahold of customer names, email addresses and account passwords, but unlike other breaches affecting companies across the country, they didn’t access financial information. Read more on KEYC.

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Update: Former IRS employee sentenced

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Dissent

There’s an update to a case previously noted here concerning a rogue Mark Morris of the Kansas City Star reports that Taylor S. Knight has been sentenced to two years in prison and  $5,000 in restitution for her role in an id theft scheme. Knight pleaded guilty in July.

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New Jersey bill, AB 3146, may not require what the Democrats claim it requires

Posted on October 26, 2014 by Dissent

Yesterday, I posted a press release from the NJ Assembly Democrats about AB 3146, a bill that would expand the definition of “personal information” that might require breach disclosure to consumers. While AB 3146 does expand the duty to notify consumers of a breach to include “user names and email addresses, in combination with any password…

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Sex toys e-tailer notifies some customers of breach

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Dissent

Sinclair Institute, provider of articles on sex education as well as sex toys and intimacy aids, is notifying some customers of a breach involving their web site. In a letter dated October 23, David Groves, President, writes in part: We are writing to inform you of a recent data security incident which likely involved some…

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FL: Police pinpoint source of Tallassee credit card hack

Posted on October 25, 2014 by Dissent

Lindsey Rogers reports: A Tallassee business is now front and center in an investigation into hundreds of stolen identities. The hack affected up to 700 people in and around the small town. Victims continue to deal with the fallout from the massive credit card hack. Anne Christian and Elizabeth Britt are Tallassee residents who had…

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RBS WorldPay Hacker Sentenced to 11 years, 3 months in prison + $8.4M restitution

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Dissent

Sergei Nicolaevich Tšurikov has been sentenced to eleven years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and computer intrusion for his involvement in an elaborate scheme which stole over $9.4 million from a credit card processor. “A leader of one of the most sophisticated cybercrime rings in the world has been brought to justice…

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