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Atlanta Student Suspended for Breach of School Database

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Dissent

Jeff Goldman reports: A 19-year-old student at Atlanta’s Booker T. Washington High School was recently suspended for seven days for stealing his father’s user name and password in order to change 18 fellow students’ attendance and course assignment records in exchange for money — the student’s father is a counselor at the school. The students…

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Four Irish, British suspects helped Stratfor hack: U.S.

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Dissent

I updated specific incident reports on DataLossDB.org yesterday, but thought I should mention this here, too. Basil Katz of Reuters reports: Federal prosecutors said four Irish and British men charged in a crackdown on the international hacking group Anonymous also helped breach the security analysis company Stratfor last year. In an indictment made public on…

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Authorities find nearly $1 million in storage unit rented by Navy Vets’ Thompson

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Dissent

Kris Hundley reports on an interesting development in a case where authorities are trying to determine the true identify of an individual known as Bobby Thompson. Thompson has been linked to a sham charity that bilked people out of money by promising to help Navy veterans. As part of their investigation into Thompson, federal agents…

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Hackers Threaten University of Pittsburgh with Disclosure of Students’ Personal Info if Demands Are Not Met

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Dissent

Jacob Kleinman reports: Members of the hacktivist collective calling itself “Anonymous” are targeting the University of Pittsburgh, and threatening to release a wealth of private information regarding the school and its students, if the University does not “apologize to your students, law enforcement, and professors on your home page of your domain for a duration…

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FL: DCF warns child care workers of possible computer security breach

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Dissent

Oh ffs: another state agency that failed to adequately secure data online. WFTV reports: The Department of Children and Families sent out letters to 100,000 child care workers statewide about a possible breach in security. WFTV learned that the employees’ personal information was stored online, but it wasn’t password protected. […] The vendor that stores…

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Global Payments breach went on for at least 8 months – revised estimate

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Dissent

Brian Krebs has an update on the Global Payments breach: A hacker break-in at credit and debit card processor Global Payments Inc. dates back to at least early June 2011, Visa and MasterCard warned in updated alerts sent to card-issuing banks in the past week. The disclosures offer the first additional details about the length of the breach since Global Payments…

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