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Experts Condemn eBay After XSS Attack Puts Users At Risk

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Dissent

Tom Jowitt reports: The attack on eBay was a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack, in which users were redirected to a spoof website designed to steal their credentials. It is not known at this stage, how many users have been affected, said the BBC. “It would be nice to think that eBay, one of the world’s most popular…

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Possible information breach within Maryland VA

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Dissent

Whig reports: As many as 165 employees of the Veterans Affairs Maryland Health Care System received a letter from the VA informing them of a potential breach of privacy. This includes an unknown number of Perry Point employees. On Aug. 28, the personal vehicle of a VA Maryland Health Care employee was broken into and…

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GA: Woman buys file cabinet, finds students’ private records

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Dissent

Kerry Kavanaugh reports: A Henry County woman is outraged after she purchased a used filing cabinet and found students’ personal information inside. The files had the Brandon Hall School logo and so much more. Elizabeth Darsey found them in a used filing cabinet she purchased at a used furniture warehouse. “Disciplinary actions, legal actions, lawsuits,…

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Home Depot notifies New Hampshire of breach

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Dissent

This just in: Hogan Lovells, attorneys for Home Depot, sent the New Hampshire Attorney General a notification of the breach. Their letter, dated September 9,  reiterates that they first learned of a possible breach on September 2 and confirmed it on September 9. Home Depot still doesn’t have exact numbers, it seems. The letter says…

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Va. Shore H&R Block owner pleads guilty to ID theft

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Dissent

Ted Shockley reports: The former owner of four H&R Block tax preparation franchises on the Eastern Shore of Virginia pleaded guilty in federal court on Tuesday to taking personal information from a customer to obtain a line of credit for herself. Sherry R. Kelley, 41, of Exmore, had been indicted on 20 counts of felony…

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ACT testing company inadvertently releases information on Colorado Springs-area students

Posted on September 17, 2014 by Dissent

Debbie Kelly reports: The ACT national college entrance exam testing company is working to resolve a breach of personal information that happened last weekend involving Colorado Springs-area students. While attempting to change the test date for a Colorado Springs site on Sept. 13, the company said it inadvertently shared students’ personal information with other students….

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