Maddie Hanna reports: Inmates at the state prison in Concord gained unauthorized access to a Department of Corrections computer network, but prison officials have not determined whether they viewed, stole or changed any records. The security breach, the first of its kind at the prison, involved computers used by about 20 inmates in the prison’s…
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BMO Harris Bank notifies customers after laptop stolen from vendor
In the healthcare sector today, Harris County Hospital District reported a breach. In the financial sector, it’s BMO Harris Bank reporting a breach today. Any other Harris’s want to disclose a breach so we can have a Harris breach trifecta? Paul Gores reports: BMO Harris Bank said Thursday it has sent letters to an undisclosed number…
Bank vs. Customer Claims Rejected
Tracy Kitten reports: Labeling it “a very close call,” a U.S. district court has rejected a Mississippi bank’s efforts to have a former commercial customer held liable for losses, damages and legal costs in an ACH and wire fraud case. And one legal expert suggests the case could set a precedent for other similar fraud…
Coral Springs Police: Identity Theft Ring Busted
CBS in Miami reports that police have busted an ID theft ring that involved an employee of a Coral Springs Chili’s and others. On Tuesday Ames and other investigators showed the evidence recovered to CBS 4 News — a credit card making machine, a credit card skimmer, laptops, blank credit cards and pages and pages…
TX: Del Mar College exposes 400 people’s SSN after improper disposal of records
Ah yes, because we didn’t have enough education sector breaches already? kiii TV reports: Del Mar College’s East Campus reported Tuesday that paper documents containing personal information, including Social Security numbers, were discovered in a recycling bin. The documents, created between 1996-2007, contained personal identifying information of some 400 people. They were discovered in a…
Second Ariz. man charged in Sony Pictures hack
Associated Press reports: A second suspected member of the LulzSec hacking group was arrested Tuesday in Phoenix for his alleged role in a computer breach at Sony Pictures Entertainment last year, authorities said. An indictment filed in Los Angeles and unsealed Tuesday charged Raynaldo Rivera, 20, of Tempe, Ariz., with one count each of conspiracy…