Brett Kelman reports that College of the Desert has had a second breach this month, this one involving student financial information. The college says that less than 10 students were affected by what it describes as a “possible data security breach.” Approximately 1900 employees were affected by an earlier breach this month. COD officials on Thursday did…
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Personal files from late Orlando attorney’s office thrown in dumpster
Shell Muniz reports: An Orlando woman is angry after finding out her private information was tossed into a dumpster without being shredded — and hers wasn’t the only information that got treated that way. The files appear to belong to clients of Frank Bartolomeo at The Baldwin Park Law Firm. The attorney passed away last…
AL: Hardee’s worker busted for stealing credit card numbers at Greenville drive-thru
Lindsey Rogers reports: A Greenville woman is accused of stealing credit card numbers from customers at a Hardee’s fast food restaurant. Investigators say she then used the information to buy thousands of dollars worth of clothes, shoes and jewelry online. Tanya Powell, 41, of Greenville, was arrested Monday and charged with fraudulent use of a…
MI: ID thieves hack into Grand Avenue parking ramp system in Lansing
Scott Davis reports: Computer hackers have stolen credit card information from patrons of the Grand Avenue parking ramp in downtown Lansing. One of the ramp’s owner is urging users to replace their cards. Shawn Elliott, an owner of the ramp, said he shut down the ramp’s credit card processing system Friday after a patron told…
AU: Police make state’s first bitcoin arrest in League of Legends hack
Kristian Silva reports: Queensland Police have made what is believed to be the state’s first bitcoin-related arrest. Police say about $110,000 worth of the digital currency was in the possession of Kingaroy man Shane Duffy, who is accused of hacking a US-based gaming network and selling player information to the highest bidder. […] Police allege…
High school computer whiz, 16, criminally charged with hacking grades: A+ for effort?
John Luciew reports: One thing is clear, the 16-year-old sophomore at the center of an alleged grade and attendance-record hacking case in Orange, N.J., apparently has some mad computer skills and plenty of smarts for executing elaborate plans. If only the student would apply those academic assets to his or her school work, then perhaps…