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Arkansas State U. faculty victims of tax refund fraud, but source of breach still unknown

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Dissent

One month after it became aware that some faculty members had become victims of tax refund fraud, Arkansas State University still hasn’t figured out whether the breach was of their system or a third-party vendor’s.  By now, 150 employees have reported problems.  KAIT8 has the story.

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FL: Jacksonville intranet breach exposed employees’ Social Security numbers

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Dissent

Fox30 reports from Jacksonville, Florida: A confidential document containing the social security numbers of every city employee hired after 2005, was found on an internal website. A city worker found the document and forwarded it on public officials. According to a letter sent to city council members, the employee was placed on paid administrative leave…

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NC DHHS contractor’s missing drive held over 50,000 medical providers’ names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Dissent

Yesterday, the North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) disclosed that a flash drive with information on over 50,000 medical providers who are excluded from participating in federal healthcare programs had been misplaced or lost by its contractor, Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC).  The provider information included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social…

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Genesco takes VISA to court over data breach (updated)

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Dissent

Back in January, there were reports that Genesco might sue card issuers over their response to the firm’s  malware breach in 2010. Now dmarsteller reports that Genesco has, indeed, sued VISA. The lawsuit was filed Thursday in Nashville.  dmarsteller explains: VISA later fined Fifth Third Bank and Wells Fargo $5,000 each and levied another $13.3…

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LinkedIn Wins Dismissal of Privacy Lawsuit in California

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Dissent

Joel Rosenblatt reports: LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD), the biggest online professional-networking service, won dismissal of a lawsuit claiming it failed to follow industry standards and its own promises in encrypting user password information. The lawsuit, filed last year in federal court in San Jose, California, followed the company’s website being hacked and 6.5 million member passwords being posted…

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SCDOR wins one in court

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Dissent

More good news for the state of South Carolina: a judge has dismissed a lawsuit against them filed by former state Sen. John Hawkins over their massive hack in 2011.  Although the ruling is not yet available online, Meg Kinnard of Associated Press reports: In an order obtained by The Associated Press, Circuit Judge G. Thomas…

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