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CT: Fairfield man charged with computer crime after hacking into former Wilton employer’s system

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Dissent

Matt Coyne reports that a former employee of Segmark Solutions was able to hack into their computer systems, causing $7,000 damage to the system and misusing corporate credit card numbers. My question is how was he able to do that? Did he really hack into the system or was his access not terminated when he left…

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Nearly 200 Baton Rouge high school students fall victim to identity theft

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Dissent

Amber Stegall reports: The Baton Rouge Police Department is conducting an identity theft investigation involving at least 187 potential victims, all students at a Baton Rouge high school, and the suspect in the case is a 17-year-old student from the school. The investigation began on January 17, 2012 when Uniformed Patrol officers conducted a traffic…

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Regions says employee 401k data lost when auditor Ernst & Young mailed flash drive and code key together

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Dissent

Russell Hubbard reports: Personal information about Regions Financial Corp. current and former employees was lost in November when a flash drive with the data came up missing after being mailed by outside auditor Ernst & Young in the same envelope as the decryption code. Read more on al.com.

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Over 12,000 digital game purchasers notified of breach involving TryMedia’s ActiveStore application

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Dissent

TryMedia, a subsidiary of RealNetworks, Inc.. recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a security breach involving its ActiveStore application that is used by partner sites selling digital games. According to their letter dated January 13, the firm became aware of an intrusion into its ActiveStore application and believes the intruders were able to…

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CA: Students busted for hacking computers, changing grades

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Dissent

Iain Thomson reports: Three high school juniors have been arrested after they devised a sophisticated hacking scheme to up their grades and make money selling quiz answers to their classmates. The students are accused of breaking into the janitor’s office of California’s Palos Verdes High School and making a copy of the master key, giving…

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IL: Report cards mistakenly delivered to emergency contacts

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Dissent

Melissa Jenco reports: Naperville Unit District 203 may not get very high marks in the subject of report card distribution this semester. The district recently learned copies of some high school students’ report cards were accidentally sent to the person listed as their emergency contact. Chief Information Officer Roger Brunelle said a vendor made an…

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