It’s not that often that we find out about extortion attempts related to data breaches, so when we do, I try to follow up on them. Here’s a follow-up to an extortion attempt involving Xavier University that I previously covered on this blog. Kimball Perry reports on a very poorly executed crime: Recently released from…
Category: U.S.
(Update and Commentary): Why are states withholding the names of breached entities?
Yet another recent press release – this one from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Connecticut – shields the name of the breached entity: David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that NATASHA SMITH, 25, of Georgia, formerly of Far Rockaway, New York, waived her right to indictment and pleaded guilty yesterday,…
TX: Plano Couple Plead Guilty to Health Care Fraud in State and Federal Probe
The following news release was issued by the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas on Sept. 1, 2011: Joanna Jones Ellis Kemp, 68, and her husband, Peter A. Kemp, 67, both of Plano, Texas, each appeared in federal court this morning before U.S. Magistrate Judge Irma C. Ramirez and pleaded guilty to…
Texas Police Chief Association suffers data breach, with sensitive documents and emails published
Dan Raywood reports: The Texas Police Chief Association was hacked last night with classified information leaked along with private emails from police. While the website is currently down, with only a message displayed that reads ‘our site is currently offline for maintenance and updates, please check back tomorrow’, Anonymous has claimed responsibility for the attack but a statement did…
TX: 2 Birdville students hack into school district’s network
Yesterday, it was the school district in El Paso. Today, it’s Birdville reporting a breach. Jessamy Brown reports: Two students from Birdville schools hacked into a school district network server and accessed a file with 14,500 student names and social security numbers, a Birdville spokesman said Thursday. Birdville superintendent Darrell Brown on Thursday mailed a…
MI: Documents stolen from Chesterfield Secretary of State office
Jameson Cook reports: Secretary of State officials discovered that nearly 14,000 documents containing personal information of drivers license and state identification applications were stolen from two Macomb County offices over the past two years, including one in Chesterfield Township. The documents were stolen in May or June from non-public, secured areas at the North Macomb…