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DefenseNews hacked

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Dissent

Gregg Keizer reports: Email addresses and names of subscribers to DefenseNews, a highly-regarded website that covers national and international military and defense news, were accessed by hackers and presumed stolen, Gannett announced yesterday. DefenseNews ‘ subscribers include active and retired military personnel, defense contractors and others in both the U.S. and other countries’ defense establishments….

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(update) Laptops stolen from a contractor’s van had a slew of sensitive student data

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Dissent

Remember the Illinois State Board of Education laptops stolen from a Harrisburg Project van recently?  I was reading more about the incident and noticed that there was even more sensitive data on the laptops than originally indicated in media coverage: The staff data stored on the computers included name, demographics, Social Security number, teacher certification…

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Texas Official Must Talk About Data Leaks

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Dissent

David Lee reports: A state judge ordered the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts to comply with a request for a deposition on the leak of personal information of more than 3.5 million people. Comptroller Susan Combs disclosed in April that the personal information of 3.5 million state employees and former employees had been stored on…

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Nashville Zoo warns of website security breach

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Dissent

The Nashville Zoo sent an email alert to patrons warning of a possible breach in security on the zoo’s website that could result in the theft of customers’ credit card information. The email said law enforcement officials alerted zoo officials that reports of unauthorized credit card transactions appear to be connected to the zoo’s website….

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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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