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Pittsburgh Couple Sentenced To Probation And Community Service In Computer Hacking Case

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Dissent

A Pittsburgh couple have been sentenced in federal court today on their conviction of recklessly damaging a computer and password trafficking, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced last week.  The defendants had pleaded guilty in June. United States District Judge David S. Cercone imposed the sentence on Jonathan Cunningham, 29, and Alyson Cunningham, 26….

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Experian Sold Consumer Data to ID Theft Service – Krebs

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Dissent

Regular readers will recall that back in April 2012, this blogger filed a complaint against Experian with the FTC over their numerous data breaches.  Jordan Robertson of Bloomberg News provided media coverage of Experian’s breaches and the complaint in November last year. To date, however, the FTC has not announced any investigation or charges against…

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Police find hidden video cameras on LIRR ticket machines

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Dissent

Alfonso A. Castillo reports: Police are investigating an apparent credit and debit card scam involving tiny video cameras hidden on Long Island Rail Road ticket vending machines. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority Police Department first learned of the scam after a customer found one of the small video cameras on the floor — having apparently fallen…

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Two NBC Sports laptops stolen from unattended car

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Dissent

If you follow me on Twitter and thought I was mad at NBC Sports over their coverage of Formula One  (F1) racing, that may pale in comparison to how some others may be feeling this week  after they’ve received a breach notification letter from NBC Sports. It seems that two of NBC Sports’ laptops were…

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We don’t store credit card data…. oh wait, we are storing it?

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Dissent

A firm can have a great policy of not storing credit card numbers, but if the policy isn’t followed by staff, trouble can result. eReplacementParts.com learned this lesson the hard way. They discovered that despite their non-storage policy, credit card information of some customers had been stored. In some cases, the storage was due to…

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Ektron notifies 22 employees after personal information was accessed by unknown third party

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Dissent

Ektron was reportedly hacked on or around June 15.  The firm reports that an unauthorized third party gained access to a file with 22  current and former employees’ personal information, including names, passport numbers, employee authorization cards, Social Security cards and/or immigration visas. Ektron, a privately held firm headquartered in Massachusetts, states that they learned…

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