Dennis East International (DEI) reports that its website, which is hosted by Omeganet of Georgia (a/k/a/ CAMEO EZ) experienced two recent security breaches. The first incident affects some customers (who are all retailers) who placed orders on DEI’s website between June 1 and June 13 of this year. Omeganet informed DEI that some customers may…
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NC: Checks with Buncombe school employee information stolen
Julie Ball reports: Buncombe County school officials have alerted more than 170 employees after an envelope containing checks with their names and Social Security numbers was stolen and some of the checks were cashed. The checks were mailed in March to ING, the financial services company, as contributions to supplemental retirement plans. Some employees contribute…
CO: Stolen laptop causes security breach for DougCo schools
9News reports: A stolen laptop containing sensitive data has caused a security breach for Douglas County Schools. The district sent a letter to all of its employees recently stating the stolen computer contained some workers’ Social Security numbers and bank account information. Read more on 9News. And where was this laptop at the time of…
CNET attacked by Russian hacker group
Seth Rosenblatt of CNET reports: A Russian hacker group that has attacked some of the biggest news and business sites in the world claims it penetrated CNET’s website over the weekend and stole a database of registered reader data. A representative from the group calling itself W0rm told CNET News in a Twitter conversation that…
Computer Hacker Pleads Guilty In Credit, Debit Card Scheme
A 27-year-old computer hacker pleaded guilty Friday to being part of an international conspiracy to steal account information from major banks in the United States in order to steal money from ATMs all over the world. As WCBS 880′s Irene Cornell reported, Qendrim Dobruna admitted to hacking into the systems of J.P. Morgan Chase, which processed transactions by the…
Blue Shield discloses 18,000 doctors’ Social Security numbers
Martyn Williams reports: The Social Security numbers of roughly 18,000 California physicians and health-care providers were inadvertently made public after a slip-up at health insurance provider Blue Shield of California, the organization said Monday. The numbers were included in monthly filings on medical providers that Blue Shield is required to make to the state’s Department…