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PBS says its website has been hacked for the 2nd time in a month, with little data stolen (but there were lots of data stolen, it seems – Update 3)

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Dissent

Associated Press reports: PBS says its website has been hacked for at least the second time in a month — the latest in a string of intrusions into such sites as Sony, Lockheed Martin, Nintendo and others. PBS spokeswoman Anne Bentley says one section of a website in the Public Broadcasting Service’s collection of sites…

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CA: Current and Former State Employees Advised of Breach of Personal Information

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dissent

From the California Department of Public Health press release of June 24, 2011: Date: 6/24/2011 Number: 11-028 Contact: Al Lundeen (916) 440-7259 SACRAMENTO A California Department of Public Health (CDPH) investigation has found that personal and workers’ compensation information of approximately 9,000 current and former state employees was improperly copied to a private hard-drive and…

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Seattle man sentenced to 5 yrs in bank fraud/id theft case

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dissent

This is a follow-up on a previously reported breach:   DIAMOND WENDELL ALEXANDER, JR., 30, of Seattle, Washington, was sentenced June 17, 2011, to five years in prison, five years of supervised release, and more than $220,000 in restitution for bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. ALEXANDER was the leader of a bank fraud ring…

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Citigroup Cites $2.7 Million in Customer Losses From Hack

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dissent

Randall Smith reports: Citigroup Inc. has told government officials that about 3,400 of the customers whose credit-card information was hacked have suffered about $2.7 million in losses, according to people familiar with the matter. The disclosure is the first acknowledgment by the New York company that the May security breach resulted in any losses. Citigroup…

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Citi skimps on “standard” customer monitoring after security breach

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dissent

Reuters reports: After a massive data breach last month, Citigroup did not offer its hacked clients the same degree of identity-theft protection that many other companies provide, drawing criticism from privacy advocates. Citigroup, which had over 360,000 credit card accounts exposed last month, sent letters to affected customers this month with advice on protecting themselves…

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State extends contract with company that lost West Aurora, Kaneland schools information

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Dissent

Do training using real data?  Neither necessary nor smart…. and yet their contract is extended? Matt Brennan reports: West Aurora and Kaneland were the only school districts in the Fox Valley impacted when two laptop computers were recently stolen that contained the personal information of more than 10,000 students and staff from 42 school districts…

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