After Jefferson County Public Schools mailed around 6,500 ACT Explore 8th grade test scores to wrong addresses, the district is now asking parents to shred tests they’ve received that contain another child’s score. JCPS officials recognized the error on Wednesday after parents called, wondering why they were mailed scores for children who weren’t theirs. “Parents…
Category: U.S.
Square Enix Site Hacked – Again (Updated to Reflect No Personal Info Accessed)
In what appears to be its second breach in 2011, Square Enix has confirmed that it has suffered an intrusion. Matt Mann reports: Today Square Enix announced that both their Japanese and North American Square Enix Members sites have been hacked. According to Square Enix an unknown party gained unauthorized access to servers containing user information in…
I can just picture it….
Why risk getting caught downloading customer data when you can just take pictures of it? Trilegiant Corporation in Stamford, Connecticut recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office that a call center vendor’s employee had been caught taking screen shots of customer data (names and debit or credit card numbers) with his phone camera. The…
FL: Former Eagle Harbor Country Club Janitor Charged with ID Theft
Jessika Lewis reports: The owner of St. Augustine-based cleaning company Mr. Janitor was arrested for stealing personal information from some Eagle Harbor Country Club members. According to Detective William Roberts with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, Jonathan Morris II used that info to open credit cards and even bank accounts in alleged victims’ names. […]…
Anonymous and AntiSec target group for Anti-Muslim campaign (update1)
America. What a country. The Florida Family Association (FFA) proudly declares itself: … an organization that is made up of THOUSANDS OF SUPPORTERS across America who share in the same goal of improving America’s moral environment. Florida Family Association’s mission statement in our IRS approved 501C3 application is to: Educate people on what they can…
Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail (C.L.E.A.R.) hacked; membership database dumped
According to its web site, the Coalition of Law Enforcement and Retail (C.L.E.A.R.) was formed in November 2008 by a group of Law Enforcement and Retail Loss Prevention professionals that saw the need for the formation of a partnership. According to a hacker called “Exphin1ty,” however, C.L.E.A.R. is part of the problem with treatment of…